Full Name: | Andriyan Grigoreyvich Nikolayev |
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Birthdate: | September 5, 1929 - Shorshely, Russia, USSR |
Death: | July 3, 2004 - Cheboksary, Russia |
Military Service: | Major General, Soviet Air Force |
Selection: | Air Force Group 1 (1960) |
Vokstok 3 | Soyuz 9 |
August 11-15, 1962 | June 1-19, 1970 |
During the Vostok 3 mission, Andriyan Nikolayev made the first television broadcast from space. |
Cosmonaut Andriyan Nikolayev | Andriyan Nikolayev with U.S. Astronaut Thomas Stafford in a Soyuz simulator |
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