Andriyan Nikolayev





Full Name: Andriyan Grigoreyvich Nikolayev
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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