Baikonur Cosmodrome Space Launches - Manned and Cargo Mission Observation Tours

Overview

Manned Mission

Cargo Mission

Tour Inclusions

Baikonur

Soyuz Spacecraft

Update 15 Aug 2011 - cosmodrome closed for foreign visitors
The Russian authorities have closed the cosmodrome for foreign visitors due to increased terror threats. This is the official position of the Russian government. At the moment it is not known if these tours will resume in the future.
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Amazing, thrilling and totally unique experience. Watch the launch of a space rocket from the world largest Russian Cosmodrome, be among the privileged to see the cosmonauts, learn the history of space exploration from the place where it all started over 50 years ago.

Go Russia offers you a chance of a lifetime to enjoy manned and cargo launches from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The space rocket will be only over a mile away from the observation platform.

Join us for the next space missions. Book now as availability is limited.
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Schedule of Spacecraft Launches in 2011
Planned Launch	Mission	Spacecraft	Spacecraft Crew	Deadline	Tour	Book
30 Sep 2011	Manned	Soyuz TMA-22	Anton Shkaplerov, Sergei Revin, Daniel C. Burbank	01 Sep 2011	View tour	Book
30 Nov 2011	Manned	Soyuz TMA-23	Oleg Kononenko, André Kuipers (ESA), Donald Pettit	01 Nov 2011	View tour	Book

TOUR PRICE:
Cargo Missions - £2,990 per person Tour details
Manned Missions - £3,850 per person Tour details
including Russian visa. Flight to Moscow from London – from £200 return. Single supplement - £295. Price inclusions

ENTRY CLEARANCE AND VISA:
Entry clearance. Please note due to security reasons an entry clearance is required to visit the cosmodrome and official turnaround is minimum 30 days (standard processing 40 days). We advise all our customers to book tours to Baikonur well in advance to allow sufficient time to get all required permits. You will be asked to provide your personal details (name, surname, data of birth, nationality, passport details) to obtain entry clearance.

Visa information. Although Baikonur is located in Kazakhstan it is administered by the Russian Federation and you will require a double – entry Russian visa to join one of our space launch tours. The cost of the visa is included in the price of your tour. So you will just need to fill in an online application and send it together with your passport and a photo to our address. We will take care of the visa processing and return your documents within two weeks (standard processing). Urgent processing – 2 working days is also available, additional surcharges apply.

If you are not resident in the UK, we will issue and email you all necessary paperwork (invitation and tourist voucher) for you to obtain the visa in your local Russian consulate. You will need to pay a valid visa fee at the time of your application. In this case we will deduct the consular fee from the cost of your tour.

We hold Air Travel Organisers Licence (ATOL) number 6801 issued and fully bonded with the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) so the air holidays and flights offered on this web site are ATOL protected.

To book the tour please email or call +44 (0) 20 33 55 22 45