04/12/2021
Price $430 or ZMW7740
Description
Soviet Union 1970 Visit: Soviet Cosmonaut Andriyan Nikolayev Signed Color Photo Obtained at COSPAR XIII Directly From The Armstrong Family Collection™, Certified and Encapsulated by Collectibles Authentication Guaranty. A 4.5" x 6.5" photo of him in uniform, signed in black ink on the verso. 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. On 22 January 1969, Nikolayev survived an assassination attempt on Leonid Brezhnev. Nikolayev was also the first person to make a television broadcast from space, in August 1962. Very fine, sealed in a numbered archival holder. This lot will include a Statement of Provenance signed by Neil Armstrong's sons, Rick and Mark.