Spaceports all over the world: Many of them have guided tours
Russia:
Plesetsk, Arkhangelskregionen.
Kazakstan:
Kosmodrom in Bajkonur, (former Sovjet Unionvjetunionen). The first satellite was launched from here and so was the first man in space.
French Guyana:
Centre Spatial Guyanais, the spaceport of ESA, in Kourou, French Guyana, close to the ekvator.
Sweden:
Esrange, Kiruna, launch of sounding rockets and huge high-altitude balloons.
USA:
Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida. All Mercury, Gemini and Apollo-spacecraft where launched from here. So were the space shuttels.
USA:
Vandenberg Air Force Base, Kalifornien.
USA:
Mojave Space Port, first commercial space port and the base for Scaled Composites
Japan:
Tanegashima Space Center.
China:
Xichang Satellite Launch Center.
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