Filming a rocket launch in the desert of Kazakhstan

After a 22-hour journey to Baikonur in Kazakhstan, we had a 4am start. We were escorted into the cosmodrome, a collection of scruffy, space buildings in the desert. Then the hangar door opened, revealing the huge, red booster rockets looming in dark. via Pocket http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-24879936#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa