Andrian Nikolayev
OBITUARY: The third man to fly in space, Soviet cosmonaut Andrian Nikolayev, died July 3 following a heart attack in Cheboksary, Russia. He was 74. Nikolayev, a lumberjack before joining the Soviet air force, was selected among the first group of cosmonauts. Launched on a four-day mission in August...
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