Soyuz TMA LiftOff Baykonur

Go now with us on a journey, to take apart of one of the greatest and largest adventures of mankind. At first, you will feel the great Russian hospitality in Star City, then walk with us on the steps of the journey of the Russian space history from the past, into present and out into the future. You visit the different trainings facilities of the GCTC (Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Centre) at Russian Star City. Here, Russians, Americans, Europeans and Japanese cosmonauts and astronauts train for their flight into the universe, what will start at the Russian cosmodrome “Baykonur“ in Kazhakhztan. From this cosmodrome, the first satellite of the World - “Sputnik“ was launched (1957), and since the first human space flight of Yuri A. Gagarin (12. April 1961), from this port there were over spacecrafts launched into the universe. Then, the absolute high point of your journey: the start of a manned mission to the International Space Station ISS. 2 or 3 daring cosmonauts an