Friday, July 31, 2009
The Baikonur Cosmodrome : Kazakhstan
The Baikonur Cosmodrome is one of the largest space launch facility, and one of the first ones in the world. It is situated in the desert steppes of Kazakhstan. The cosmodrome was built in the 50-ies in one of the most distant areas of the Soviet country, and now measures 90 kilometers east-west by 85 kilometers north-south. Sputnik 1, the Earth’s first artificial satellite lifted off the Baikonur. It goes without saying that most photos shot there were not for public use, still some workers managed to have a pic of it for their private collection. Now I am going to show you some of images made there before the collapse of the USSR.
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