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Andrian Nikolayev

Andrian Grigoryevich Nikolayev
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Andrian Grigoryevich Nikolayev

Andrian Grigoryevich Nikolayev (Russian: Андриян Григорьевич Николаев), (September 5, 1929 - July 3, 2004) was a Soviet cosmonaut. Ethnic Chuvash.

Nikolayev flew on two space flights: Vostok 3 (effectively becoming the third Soviet cosmonaut) and Soyuz 9. On both, he set new endurance records for the longest time a human being had remained in orbit. He also served as backup for the Vostok 2 and Soyuz 8 missions. He left the cosmonaut corps on January 26, 1982.

On November 3, 1963 he married Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman to fly in space (see Vostok 6). They had one daughter, Elena Andrionova (now a doctor of medicine), before their marriage collapsed. However, it wasn't until 1982 that they divorced.

A lunar crater was given his name Nikolayev.

Nikolayev died of a heart attack in Cheboksary, the capital of Chuvashia in Russia.




Last updated: 11-06-2004 12:25:44