The journey to Baikonur
The people
The town
Monuments and Murals
The cosmonauts garden
Out of town
The road to the Cosmodrome
The Energia launch site
The Gagarin museum
The Metop-A launch campaign
To Baikonur with the Antonov
Arrival of the third Antonov
Metop-A removed from container
Metop-A soon ready
Fueling
J-17 Integration on the launcher adaptor
J-12 Fregat Integration
J-10 Tilting
J-9 Encapsulation
J-7 MetOp-A on the train
J-6 at the MIK 40
J-5 MetOp-A on Soyuz
J-3 First roll-out (14 July)
J-3 2d roll-out (14 October)
19 octobre - 16.28 UTC
Maps
Baikonur 2006
Байконур 2006
Out of town
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The Syr-Daria riverbanks
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Some unidentified garbage along the banks!
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At nightfall.
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Short and unauthorised getaway to Tyuratam 2, west of Baikonur, on the other side of the wall that surrounds the city. Yes, the wall is not tight!
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View of rich Baikonur from the other side of the wall !
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