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Andriyan Grigoryevich Nikolayev (Chuvash and Russian: Андриян Григорьевич Николаев; 5 September 1929 – 3 July 2004) was a Soviet cosmonaut. In 1962, aboard Vostok 3, he became the third Soviet cosmonaut to fly into space. Nikolayev was an ethnic Chuvash and because of it considered the first Turkic cosmonaut.
Andriyan Nikolayev (born September 5, 1929, Shorshely, Chuvashiya, U.S.S.R. [now in Russia]—died July 3, 2004, Cheboksary, Chuvashiya, Russia) was a Soviet cosmonaut, who piloted the Vostok 3 spacecraft, launched August 11, 1962.
Jun 30, 2021 · Soyuz 9 cosmonaut Andriyan G. Nikolayev, serving as spacecraft communicator, congratulated them on their accomplishment. Over the next few days, Dobrovolski, Volkov, and Patsayev began preparations for their return to Earth, including preparing Salyut for a period of automated operations.
Jul 7, 2004 · Andrian Nikolayev, whose flight into space in 1962 set an endurance record at the time, died Saturday in Cheboksary, the capital of his birthplace, the Chuvash Autonomous Republic.
Apr 19, 2018 · Graduated from Higher Air Force School, Chernikhov, 1952 and Frunse, 1954; graduated from Zhukovsky Military Air Engineering Academy, 1968; from 1944 to 1950 he worked as a forrest worker; Major General and pilot, Soviet Air Force; was selected as cosmonaut on 07.03.1960 ( TsPK -1); OKP (cosmonaut basic training): 3/60 - 18.01.
Oct 21, 2020 · While he visited the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City outside Moscow, the Soviets launched Andriyan G. Nikolayev and Vitali I. Sevastyanov aboard Soyuz 9 on a record-setting 18-day mission.
Apr 25, 2019 · Andriyan Nikolayev is not as much of a household name as Yuri Gagarin, but his accomplishments should not go under the radar. His record-breaking Vostok 3 mission pushed the boundaries of the human body in zero gravity.
Jul 6, 2004 · Andrian Nikolayev, 74, a Soviet cosmonaut whose 1962 space flight set an endurance record, died Saturday of a heart attack at a hospital in Cheboksary, the capital of his native Chuvash...
Aug 12, 2016 · Nikolayev, Andriyan Grigoriyevich. Credit: www.spacefacts.de. Chuvash-Russian pilot cosmonaut 1960-1982. First person to fly more than one day in space. Married Valentina Tereshkova, and fathered first child born to parents that had both flown in space. Status: Deceased; Active 1960-1982. Born: 1929-09-05. Died: 2004-07-03. Spaceflights: 2 .
Aug 11, 2016 · On this day in 1962, the Soviet Union's Vostok 3 mission launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome. On board was cosmonaut Andriyan Nikolayev (pictured below). Once his spacecraft had entered Earth orbit, Nikolayev released his harness and became the first human to float in microgravity.
