Baikonur

Chapman was in Baikonur ostensibly as the new celebrity face of a Moscow bank.

Russian Spies Awarded Kremlin Honors From President Medvedev AP 2010

Chapman was in Baikonur ostensibly as the new celebrity face of a Moscow bank.

Russian Spies Awarded Kremlin Honors From President Medvedev AP 2010

Foreigners Banned From Baikonur is the next entry in this blog.

New York Times on Ares Woes and Transition Concerns - NASA Watch 2008

The only impact I can see is that NASA HQ and JSC Leadership will now have to stay on the Cosmodrome at the Energia apartments and not at the Sputnik Hotel in Baikonur.

Foreigners Banned From Baikonur - NASA Watch 2008

It would be very hard for Russia to give up Baikonur, which is a very southerly point of launch compared with Vostochny or Plesetsk.

Can Russia Walk Away From Its Cape Canaveral? - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com 2008

It would be very hard for Russia to give up Baikonur, which is a very southerly point of launch compared with Vostochny or Plesetsk.

Can Russia Walk Away From Its Cape Canaveral? - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com 2008

Image: the craft just before launch at dawn in Baikonur.

Boing Boing: September 25, 2005 - October 1, 2005 Archives 2005

Just three days before blastoff from what would later be known as the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Gagarin was told that he was chosen for the mission.

The Seattle Times 2011

And from there I go to Baikonur, which is Kazakhstan, and I will launch on a Soyuz rocket currently slated for December 21.

News 2011

Just three days before blastoff from what would later be known as the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Gagarin was told that he was chosen for the mission.

The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2011