Cosmonautics. Baikonur: a step into the future (2017)

Baikonur celebrates its birthday in June.

Initially, the object was conceived by the military, however, chief designer Sergei Korolev was able to combine the interests of the Ministry of Defense and dreams of space flights.

According to experts, in order for the world's first and largest cosmodrome to have not only a legendary past, but also a glorious future, it is necessary to develop as many joint projects as possible.

Alexey Leonov, Vladimir Yaropolov, Leonid Kadenyuk, Rano Juraeva, Sergey Krikalev, Talgat Musabayev recall the history of the cosmodrome and flights from the era of Yuri Gagarin to the present day.