Baikonur
Britishnoun
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Nasa astronaut Anil Menon and cosmonauts Pyotr Dubrov and Anna Kikina lifted off aboard a Soyuz spacecraft on Tuesday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
The site's position close to the equator was more suitable for some missions than the Russian-operated spaceport in Baikonur, Kazakhstan.
From Barron's ● Feb. 18, 2026
In 2012, Williams launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a 127-day mission as part of Expedition 32/33.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 22, 2026
While Roscosmos has continued to rely on Baikonur, Russian authorities have developed Vostochny as the facility of choice for Angara launches.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 9, 2024
After 19 years of promised and canceled flights, the Soviet Union had just launched the second woman into space from the Soviet space center in Baikonur.
From "Women in Space" by Karen Bush Gibson
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