Nikolay Rukavishnikov

Tags: Astronaut.

Nikolay Nikolayevich Rukavishnikov (Russian: Никола́й Никола́евич Рукави́шников; September 18 1932 – October 19 2002) was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew three space missions of the Soyuz programme: Soyuz 10 Soyuz 16 and Soyuz 33. Two of these missions Soyuz 10 and Soyuz 33 were intended to dock with Salyut space stations but failed to do so.

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time in space (μ)

853740.0

birth date

1932-09-18

birth place

Russia, Tomsk

death date

2002-10-19

death place

Moscow, Russia

mission

Soyuz 33, Soyuz 10, Soyuz 16

nationality

Soviet Union

occupation

Physicist

selection

List of astronauts by year of selection

type

Astronaut