Andriyan Nikolayev
Andriyan Grigoryevich Nikolayev (5 September 1929 â 3 July 2004). Nikolayev flew on two space flights: Vostok 3 (effectively becoming the third Soviet cosmonaut) and Soyuz 9. 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. On 22 January 1969, Nikolayev survived an assassination attempt on Leonid Brezhnev, undertaken by a Soviet Army deserter, Viktor Ilyin. He left the cosmonaut corps on 26 January 1982. Nikolayev was also the first person to make a television broadcast from space, in August 1962. Vostok 3 was part the first dual space flight, with Pavel Popovich on Vostok 4. On 3 November 1963, he married Valentina Tereshkova, In 2004, Nikolayev died of a heart attack in Cheboksary,
Spaceflights:
No. Mission Position Time Duration
1 Vostok 3 Pilot Cosmonaut 11.08. - 15.08.1962 3d 22h 22m
2 Soyuz 9 Commander 01.06. - 19.06.1970 17d 16h 58m
Total 21d 15h 20m
