Nikolayev

Andriyan Grigoriyevich

USSR/CIS

International order nº: 5

Russian cosm. nº: 3

Personal data:

Birthdate:	05 Sep 1929
Birthplace:	Shorshely / CHUWASCHIA ASSR (RUSSIA)
Marital status:	divorced, was married with Valentina Tereshkova
Children:	one: Yelena A. (1964)
Selection date:	07 Mar 1960
Selection group:	TsPK-1
Job:	Pilot
Status:	Ret. 26 Jan 1982
Date of death:	03 Jul 2004
Place of death:	Cheboksary / Chuvash

Spaceflights:

Ord. num.	Startup spacecraft	Date and time of launch (UT)	Status by launch	Spacecraft of landing	Date and time of landing (UT)	Duration
1	Vostok-3	08h.30m. Aug 11, 1962	Plt	Vostok-3	06h.52m. Aug 15, 1962	3d.22h.22m.
2	Soyuz- 9	19h.00m.00s. Jun 01, 1970	Cdr	Soyuz- 9	11h.58m.55s. Jun 19, 1970	17d.16h.58m.55s.
Total duration:						21d 15h 20m 55s

Backup assignments

No.	Mission	Description
1	Vostok 2	Plt
2	Soyuz 2A	Planned mission to dock with Soyuz 1. Two Soyuz 2A crew members would have spacewalked to Soyuz 1 and landed with Komarov. Cancelled due to rains and after problems with Soyuz 1 forced an early return. After Soyuz 1's crash, the Soyuz 2A spacecraft was inspected and its parachute system had the same technical failure as Soyuz 1's parachute system.
3	Soyuz 6	2nd backup crew
4	Soyuz 7	2nd backup crew
5	Soyuz 8	Cmd

Handsigned spacesuit portrait

Additional information

Graduated from Higher Air Force School and from Zhukovsky Military Air Engineering Academy; Major General and pilot, Soviet Air Force; was selected as cosmonaut on 07.03.1960 (TsPK-1); OKP: 3/60 - 18.01.1961; 1963 - 1982 married to former cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova; later First Deputy Director Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (TsPK).
since 1992 he retired from active duties.

Ref.: #16, #21, #219, #404 - update: 19.04.19