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Five Days At The Russian Cosmodrome Baikonur For A Manned Space Launch Day Five

By |2019-07-06T14:08:50-05:00May 26th, 2018|Categories: Asia, Unique Experiences|Tags: , , , , |

Five Days At The Russian Cosmodrome Baikonur For A Manned Space Launch Day Five. Today was the day. The climax. The denouement. We started off with a leisurely tour of the Museum of History in the town of Baikonur. We were expecting to see our guide, Amina, from the day before, but she was nowhere to [...]

Five Days At The Russian Cosmodrome Baikonur For A Manned Space Launch Day Four

By |2019-07-06T14:07:15-05:00May 13th, 2018|Categories: Asia, Unique Experiences|Tags: , , |

Five Days At The Russian Cosmodrome Baikonur For A Manned Space Launch Day Four. Today was going to be a bit low key compared to the previous, action-packed, day.  I crammed down some sort of egg creation for breakfast and met the group for our 10:00 am departure in Lenin Square.  The day was sunny and [...]

Five Days At The Russian Cosmodrome Baikonur For A Manned Space Launch Day One

By |2019-07-06T14:25:32-05:00April 19th, 2018|Categories: Asia, Unique Experiences|Tags: , , , , , |

Five Days At The Russian Cosmodrome Baikonur For A Manned Space Launch Day One.  My afternoon flight from Almaty touched down at the Kyzylorda domestic airport.  I had landed in Kyzylorda, a city founded in the early 19th century, located in southern central Kazakhstan.  Kyzylorda as you might guess, is not a hotbed of tourism.  Why [...]

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