Nik Halik
Encyclopedia
Nik Halik is the founder and C.E.O. of Financial Freedom Institute, Lifestyle Revolution, LLC, Money Masters Global, The Thrillionaires and co-founder of iCoach Global. He is a Global Wealth Strategist, Entrepreneur, International Speaker, Civilian Astronaut
(An astronaut or cosmonaut is a person trained by a human spaceflight program to command, pilot, or serve as a crew member of a spacecraft.), High-Adrenalin Adventurer and Best-Selling Author. Nik Halik became a multi-millionaire and amassed great wealth through savvy investments in property and the stock market in his late 20’s. His group of companies have financially educated and life coached over 300,000 individuals globally.
and is also set to become the first ever Australian and private space explorer to rocket to the International Space Station
. In 2008 Nik was the back-up crew member to Richard Garriott for the Russian Soyuz TMA-13
space mission. Nik is a world traveller and currently resides amongst his private homes in the Greek Islands, Morocco
, Los Angeles
and Australia
.
(ISS). Nik would complete his Cosmonaut certification at the famed Star City complex outside Moscow, Russia (Yuri Gagarin Cosmonauts Training Center
) An Astronaut
or cosmonaut is a person trained by a human spaceflight program to command, pilot, or serve as a crew member of a spacecraft.
(2008, ISBN 9781920997106) is both a biography and wealth strategist's and life inspiration hand book.
Halik's spaceflight training is also covered in the book "Australia's Astronauts: Countdown to a Spaceflight Dream," 2009, by Colin Burgess
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Astronaut
An astronaut or cosmonaut is a person trained by a human spaceflight program to command, pilot, or serve as a crew member of a spacecraft....
(An astronaut or cosmonaut is a person trained by a human spaceflight program to command, pilot, or serve as a crew member of a spacecraft.), High-Adrenalin Adventurer and Best-Selling Author. Nik Halik became a multi-millionaire and amassed great wealth through savvy investments in property and the stock market in his late 20’s. His group of companies have financially educated and life coached over 300,000 individuals globally.
Early Life
Halik was born in Melbourne, Australia. He is the youngest son of poor immigrant Greek parents Konstantinos and Dionisia Halikopoulos from Greece. He was raised in Port Melbourne. Nik suffered with varied medical problems as a young boy and credited his medical recovery to a life screenplay of goals he wrote as an 8 year old. His screenplay listed his top 10 goals he planned to fulfill in his lifetime. He took an interest in music at an early age, inspired by his father who was an accomplished musician. In his teenage years, Nik re-located to Hollywood, California to study music at the Guitar Institute of Technology in Hollywood. He performed live and recorded in various bands throughout the 1980’s and 1990’s until departing the music industry to pursue other business interests and thrill seeking adventures.Adventurer
Not only is Nik an entrepreneur, but he is also an avid, thrill seeking adventurer. Among his various expeditions, he was one of the first explorers to dive down five miles and land on the bow of the RMS Titanic. He has summited some of the highest mountains in the world and flown to the edge of space in a Soviet-era built Mig25 to view the curvature of the earth. He is the very first flight-qualified and certified civilian astronaut from AustraliaAustralia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
and is also set to become the first ever Australian and private space explorer to rocket to the International Space Station
International Space Station
The International Space Station is a habitable, artificial satellite in low Earth orbit. The ISS follows the Salyut, Almaz, Cosmos, Skylab, and Mir space stations, as the 11th space station launched, not including the Genesis I and II prototypes...
. In 2008 Nik was the back-up crew member to Richard Garriott for the Russian Soyuz TMA-13
Soyuz TMA-13
Soyuz TMA-13 was a Soyuz mission to the International Space Station . The spacecraft was launched by a Soyuz-FG rocket at 07:01 GMT on 12 October 2008. It undocked at 02:55 GMT on 8 April 2009, performed a deorbit burn at 06:24, and landed at 07:16...
space mission. Nik is a world traveller and currently resides amongst his private homes in the Greek Islands, Morocco
Morocco
Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa. It has a population of more than 32 million and an area of 710,850 km², and also primarily administers the disputed region of the Western Sahara...
, Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
and Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
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Spaceflight Training and Certification
Space Adventures announced in 2007 that Australian entrepreneur Nik Halik was selected as the backup to Richard Garriott on Garriott’s fall 2008 flight to the International Space StationInternational Space Station
The International Space Station is a habitable, artificial satellite in low Earth orbit. The ISS follows the Salyut, Almaz, Cosmos, Skylab, and Mir space stations, as the 11th space station launched, not including the Genesis I and II prototypes...
(ISS). Nik would complete his Cosmonaut certification at the famed Star City complex outside Moscow, Russia (Yuri Gagarin Cosmonauts Training Center
Yuri Gagarin Cosmonauts Training Center
The Yu. A. Gagarin State Scientific Research-and-Testing Cosmonaut Training Center is a Russian training facility responsible for training cosmonauts for their space missions...
) An Astronaut
Astronaut
An astronaut or cosmonaut is a person trained by a human spaceflight program to command, pilot, or serve as a crew member of a spacecraft....
or cosmonaut is a person trained by a human spaceflight program to command, pilot, or serve as a crew member of a spacecraft.
Books
Written by Nik Halik of Melbourne, Australia, The ThrillionaireThe Thrillionaire
Written by Nik Halik of Melbourne, Australia, The Thrillionaire is both a biography and wealth strategist's hand book.-About the book:The Thrillionaire is Nik Halik's most recent book, specifically a biography...
(2008, ISBN 9781920997106) is both a biography and wealth strategist's and life inspiration hand book.
Halik's spaceflight training is also covered in the book "Australia's Astronauts: Countdown to a Spaceflight Dream," 2009, by Colin Burgess
Colin Burgess (author)
Colin Burgess is an Australian author and historian, specializing in space flight and military history. He is a former customer service manager for Qantas Airways, and a regular contributor to the collectSPACE online community. He lives in New South Wales...
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