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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.
Jun 29, 2024 · 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.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
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. He was 74.
Aug 11, 2020 · Andriyan Nikolayev was the pilot of Vostok 3, the first spacecraft to rendezvous with another one in orbit. He also became the first cosmonaut to float freely in space and take color photos of Earth.
Apr 19, 2018 · Andriyan Nikolayev was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew on Vostok 3 and Soyuz 9 missions. He was also the husband of Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman in space.
Andriyan Nikolayev 1929 - 2004. Andriyan Nikolayev. occupation: Cosmonaut. Nationality: Russian; Chuvash. Soviet cosmonaut born 1929; flew two space missions, Vostok 3 and Soyuz 9; on both missions set new space endurance records; first person to make television broadcast from space, August 1962.
Aug 10, 2022 · As was the case 10 months earlier, two Vostok spacecraft orbited the Earth with one establishing a new human spaceflight endurance record. Aboard the second capsule was the first woman to travel in space. Her time in orbit was more than all six U.S. human flights combined.
