The Soviet-Kazakh Space Legacy: Baikonur and the Steppe Cosmodrome — Fexingo History

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The Soviet-Kazakh Space Legacy: Baikonur and the Steppe Cosmodrome — Fexingo History

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When the Soviet Union needed a secret launch site for its intercontinental ballistic missiles and Sputnik, it turned to the remote Kazakh steppe. The Baikonur Cosmodrome was built in the late 1950s in the middle of nowhere—or so it seemed. But the land belonged to the Kazakh people, and the construction displaced entire villages. In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the paradox of Baikonur: a symbol of Soviet technological might that also gave Kazakhstan a foothold in the space age. They discuss how the cosmodrome was named after a nonexistent town to fool the CIA, how Yuri Gagarin's Vostok 1 launched from the Kazakh steppe, and how after 1991, Kazakhstan inherited a spaceport it didn't build. They also look at the environmental and social costs: rocket stages crashing down on grazing lands, the secret 'Star City' of Leninsk (now Baikonur city), and the uneasy partnership with Russia that continues today. This is the story of how the steppe reached for the stars—at a price.

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