Baykonur Cosmodrome is located in desert 260 km to North-West of Kyzyl-Orda.
First cosmonaut, Yuryi Gagarin, on board of the spaceship "Vostok" made a first cosmic flight around the Earth from Baykonur.

Baykonur has been known as a place upon where the Soviets' heroes made the cosmic flights and became the first in space. On October 4, 1957 "Sputnik" was launched from Baikonur. It lasted for 108 min. After that the Cosmodrome gets a name "Baykonur" and the city gets a name Leninsk. It has been the foundation of the Soviet space programme. Now there are made a lot of space launches. During the period from June 2 to June 4, 2000 the celebration dedicated to the 45th anniversary of Baykonur (former Leninsk) took place.

Tour 1

Day 1. Arrival to Baykonur city. Accommodation at hotel Dinner. Overnight.

Day 2. Breakfast. Transfer to spacecraft launching-site, excursion to museum, excursion to museums of cosmodrome, Sergey Korolev and Yury Gagarin. Visit to launching-site "Gagarinsky". Lunch on territory of spacecraft launching-site. Excursion to assembly test block of "Zenit", launch vehicle ~Zenit" (ruined in 1990 year). Transfer to the hotel, dinner at the hotel, free time, overnight at the hotel.

Day 3. Departure.

Tour 2

Day 1.
Arrival to Baykonur city. Accommodation at the hotel. Dinner. Overnight.

Day 2. Breakfast. Transfer to the hotel, transfer to spacecraft launching-site, excursion to museum, excursion to museums of Sergey Korolev and Yury Gagarin. Visit to launching-site "Gagarinsky". Lunch on territory of spacecraft launching-site. Excursion to assembly test block of "Zenit", launch vehicle "Zenit" (ruined in 1990
year). Transfer to the hotel, dinner at the
hotel, free time, overnight.

Day 3.
8:30-9:00 breakfast, transfer to spacecraft launching-site, visit of launch vehicle "Proton", assembly test block of "Proton". Lunch on territory of spacecraft launching-site. Visit of Universal Complex Stand-Start (UCSS). Transfer to the hotel, dinner at the hotel, free time, overnight

Day 4.
Departure.