Articles by Erkin Shaimagambetov

Kazakh Space Industry Growth Will Help Country Develop

The first and largest cosmodrome, Baikonur, has an interesting and eventful history. The Baikonur complex was built in the 1950s on the vast steppes of Kazakhstan. During the Soviet period, about 1,000 carrier rockets with satellites and spacecraft for various purposes were launched from the facility. It is a big part of what made the…