Baikonur Cosmodrome (26 photos)

1.Kosmichesky Soyuz-3 and its carrier rocket, transported by rail to the launch pad. The rocket will be brought to an upright position at the Baikonur Cosmodrome launch 16 October 2003 to prepare for the launch on 18 October.





2.Fotografiya base booster for the Soyuz-6 device. April 12, 2005.



3. Main and backup crew members of the Soyuz-11 glass protection during a press conference on October 9, 2007. The team is preparing to launch the International Space Station on 10 October.



4.Proverka leak pressure in the astronaut NASA Peggy A. Whitson, in preparation for the launch vehicle Soyuz-11 to the International Space Station, scheduled for October 10, 2007.



5.Rossiysky cosmonaut Yuri Lonchakov (center), US astronaut Michael Fincke (left) and his compatriot, space tourist Richard Garriott (right) practiced in the simulator of space flight in Star (training center north of Moscow, Russia). 19 September 2008.



6.Kosmonavt Salizhan Sharipov, flight engineer and commander of Expedition 10, put on his suit and boarded the Soyuz-5 unit Oct. 5, 2004 for the launch dress rehearsal of action, which is scheduled for October 14.



7.Ta rehearsal. Astronaut Leroy Chiao (right), Salizhan Sharipov (center), and Yuri Shargin (left).



8.Kosmodrom Baikonur. Expedition 17 Commander Sergei Volkov (center), flight engineer Oleg Kononenko (right) and South Korean flight participant So-yeon Yi forgiven April 8, 2008 until their delivery to the launch pad Soyuz-12 unit.



9.Zheleznaya road to the launch pad of the Baikonur cosmodrome. Soyuz-8 and its carrier rocket were delivered March 28, 2006 for the final preparations before the launch, which is scheduled for March 30.



10.Soyuz-12 is transported to the launch pad April 6, 2008 in preparation for the launch on April 8 to carry the new residents and members of the flight to the International Space Station. Union started moving at sunrise and reached the area a few hours later for the final technical preparations.



11.Trasportirovka apparatus Soyuz-3 and its carrier rocket on the launch pad Baikonur cosmodrome October 16, 2003 to prepare it for launch on 18 October. Right at the bottom - the Russian space shuttle Buran.



12.Baykonur takes unmanned and manned launches. It shows a Russian Proton-M rocket carrying a communications satellite 4 Canadian Nimiq. Transportation to the launch pad September 15, 2008. Proton-M will deliver satellites into geostationary orbit 18 September 2008.



13.Zriteli trying to occupy the highest point of observation to see the launch of Soyuz-8 carrying the Expedition 13 crew to the International Space Station 30 March 2006.



14.Prigotovleniya to launch Soyuz-11. 8 October 2007.



15.Kosmichesky Soyuz launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, at 10:54 pm April 26, 2003. On board cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko, Expedition 7 Commander and Astronaut Edward T. Lu, NASA ISS science officer and flight engineer.



16.Apparat Soyuz-6 seen high in the sky carrying three astronauts to the ISS. Baikonur Cosmodrome, at dawn on April 15 2005.



17.Flagi Malaysia, Russia and the United States between phones used to talk to the commander of the International Space Station to the Russian Mission Control Centre in Korolev. 12 October 2007.



18.Apparat Soyuz-14 approaches the International Space Station. On board - cosmonauts Fyodor Yurchikhin, commander of Expedition 15, and Oleg Kotov, flight engineer. 9 April 2007.



19.Soyuz-9 approaches the International Space Station. 20 September 2006.



20.Neupravlyaemoe vehicle "Progress" is close to the International Space Station. The device was launched on August 11, 2004 from Baikonur cosmodrome to deliver almost three tons of food, fuel, oxygen and water to the Expedition 9 on board the station.



21.Baykonursky complex run on a photograph taken Expedition 13 aboard the International Space Station on September 9, 2006. The name Baikonur in Kazakh means "a rich brown color," ie "fertile land with many herbs."



22.Kazahsky farmer driving cattle across the tarmac at the airport of Arkalyk in Kazakhstan. Arkalyk used as one of the helicopter staging area for landing spacecraft Soyuz.



23.Gorod Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The photo was taken from the plane member Expedition 10 October 4, 2004. The team is preparing for the launch of Soyuz-5 on 14 October 2004.



24.Seriya three pictures shows Soyuz-9 landing southwest of Karaganda, Kazakhstan at about 6:30 pm on April 21 2007.



25.Tehnichesky staff starts unloading the capsule Soyuz-7 (blackened from the heat) at sunrise in the steppes of Kazakhstan, April 9, 2006, after a pre-dawn landing of the three members of Expedition 12.



26.Chleny crew of Expedition 13 - cosmonaut Pavel Vinogradov (center), commander, astronaut Jeffrey N. Williams (right), along with spaceflight participant Anousheh Ansari. Attends Russian and American research teams. The steppes of central Kazakhstan, 29 September 2006 after the landing of Soyuz-8.

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