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*Just now saw this item at spacedaily.com. Mr. Nikolayev was the 3rd Soviet in space. He died yesterday at the age of 74. His wife is Valentina Tereshkova -- the first woman in space (Vostok 6). Mr. Nikolayev flew on Vostok 3 in 1962 and on Soyuz 9 in 1970 -- "in an experiment in prolonged weightlessness, setting a nearly 18-day endurance record for life in space." Article discusses "Nikolayev effect."
Other biographical bits as well.
--Cindy
P.S.: A link to his widow's memoirs -- Ms. Tereshkova ("The First Lady of Space"):
http://www.spacebusiness.com/quest/quest102.htm]Read me
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http://www.spacebusiness.com/quest/]Another link to memoirs
We all know [i]those[/i] Venusians: Doing their hair in shock waves, smoking electrical coronas, wearing Van Allen belts and resting their tiny elbows on a Geiger counter...
--John Sladek (The New Apocrypha)
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The Nikolayev effect: I think Soyuz 9 was the crew that suffered most from weightlessness ever. Nikolayev broke two duration records. Interesting cosmonaut.
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The Nikolayev effect: I think Soyuz 9 was the crew that suffered most from weightlessness ever. Nikolayev broke two duration records. Interesting cosmonaut.
*Yes. I saw another (short) article about him, including a very nice black-and-white photo from his Vostok days. I can't find it again, unfortunately.
I wonder if their children are interested in space exploration and etc., are actively involved? Can't find any English-language articles and I'm unfortunately monolingual.
--Cindy
We all know [i]those[/i] Venusians: Doing their hair in shock waves, smoking electrical coronas, wearing Van Allen belts and resting their tiny elbows on a Geiger counter...
--John Sladek (The New Apocrypha)
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You are right he married Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman in space, and they had a daughter, Yelana but later on the two divorced in 1982.
Nikolayev wrote a book called Meeting in Orbit he wrote many more as far as I know
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