Nikolaev
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Nikolaev
| Lat: 35.2°N, Long: 151.3°E, Diam: 41 km, Depth: km, Rükl: (farside) |
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[#Nikolaev Nikolaev]
[#Nikolaev-Images Images]
[#Nikolaev-Maps Maps]
[#Nikolaev-Description Description]
[#Nikolaev-Description: Wikipedia Description: Wikipedia]
[#Nikolaev-Additional Information Additional Information]
[#Nikolaev-Nomenclature Nomenclature]
[#Nikolaev-LPOD Articles LPOD Articles]
[#Nikolaev-Bibliography Bibliography]
left: Clementine . right: LROC
Images
LPOD Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter Images Apollo Images
Maps
([/LAC%20zone LAC zone] 31C3) USGS Digital Atlas PDF
Description
Description: Wikipedia
Additional Information
Nomenclature
- Named for Andrian Grigoryevich Nikolayev (September 5, 1929 – July 3, 2004), a Soviet cosmonaut. Nikolayev flew on two space flights: Vostok 3 (effectively becoming the third Soviet cosmonaut) and Soyuz 9. He set new endurance records for the longest time a human being had remained in orbit. 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. This is one of the few lunar features that was named for a [/Nomenclature%20Zoo#Living_People living person].
- This name is one of twelve honoring living U.S. and Soviet astronauts and cosmonauts approved by the [/IAU%20Transactions%20XIVB#Session_2 IAU] in 1970 and published in [/Menzel%2C%201971#4 Menzel, 1971].
LPOD Articles
Bibliography
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