Andriyan Nikolayev
Andriyan Nikolayev is an astronaut from Russia affiliated with the government agency Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS), embarked on 2 space flights and engaging in 0 spacewalk(s) during his/her career as an astronaut.
Andriyan Grigoryevich Nikolayev was a Soviet cosmonaut. He was an ethnic Chuvash.
Nikolayev flew on two space flights: Vostok 3 (effectively becoming the third Soviet cosmonaut) and Soyuz 9. His call sign in these flights was Falcon (Russian: Со́кол). 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.
- Date of Birth: 09/05/1929
- Date of Death: 07/03/2004
- Status: Deceased
- First Flight: 08/11/1962
- Last Flight: 06/01/1970
- In Space: No
