Name: Nikolayev, Andriyan Country: Soviet Union M/F: M Number of Flights: 2

Space Flights Launch Date - Flight Up Landing Date - Flight Down
1. Vostok 3 August 11, 1962 - Vostok 3 August 15, 1962 - Vostok 3
2. Soyuz 9 June 1, 1970 - Soyuz 9 June 19, 1970 - Soyuz 9

Space Flights Descriptions
Vostok 2
(Backup Crew)
Second Soviet manned space flight
1. Vostok 3 Joint mission with Vostok 4
Soyuz 2A
(Cancelled)
Proposed Backup Crew
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.
Soyuz 6
(2nd Backup Crew)
Carried Vulkan welding furnace for vacuum welding experiments
Soyuz 7
(2nd Backup Crew)
Rendezvous with Soyuz 8
Soyuz 8
(Backup Crew)
Rendezvous with Soyuz 7
2. Soyuz 9 Manned flight endurance test

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Updated - March 26, 2006