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  1. Mar 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. When Vostok 4, piloted by Pavel R. Popovich, was launched a day later, there were, for the first time, two crewed ...

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  2. Andriyan Nikolayev. 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 [1] and because of it considered the first ...

  3. Jun 30, 2021 · Five days later they broke the previous 18-day human spaceflight endurance record set by the Soyuz 9 crew in June 1970. 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 ...

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  5. Oct 21, 2020 · Middle: Nikolayev examines the cockpit of the T-38. Right: Vitali I. Sevastyanov receives a briefing while sitting in the T-38 cockpit. Left: Vitali I. Sevastyanov, seated at left, and Andriyan G. Nikolayev, standing at podium, presenting their papers at the 7th annual meeting of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronauts (AIAA) in ...

  6. Apr 19, 2018 · Additional information. 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 ...

  7. May 3, 2022 · While at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center, the Soviets launched Andriyan G. Nikolayev and Vitali I. Sevastyanov aboard Soyuz 9 on a then record-setting 18-day mission. Four months after their return to Earth, Nikolayev and Sevastyanov spent 10 days visiting the United States, including a stop at the MSC.

  8. Jul 28, 2020 · Cosmonaut Andriyan Nikolayev rode on Vostok 3 and Pavel Popovich flew aboard Vostok 4. The simultaneous spacecraft were a response to the U.S. managing to successfully orbit one of their ...