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Nikolay Rukavishnikov

Nikolay Rukavishnikov

RFSARussianGovernmentDeceased

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Flight record

3 flights on padside's record, flying from 1971 to 1979.

3Flights
9d 21hTime in space
Not recordedEVA time
0Spacewalks

Flights count launches with a definitive outcome — the same basis as the Stats page.

Biography

Nikolay Nikolayevich Rukavishnikov 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.

Biography from Launch Library 2.

Background

Born in
Tomsk
Education
National Research Nuclear University
Awards
Hero of the People's Republic of Bulgaria; Order of Georgi Dimitrov; Hero of the Mongolian People's Republic; Order of Sukhbaatar; Gold Star medal; and 8 more

From Wikidata.

Flights

Expeditions

  • Soyuz 33Salyut 6 · Commander1979-04-10 – 1979-04-12

Born 1932-09-18 · died 2002-10-19, aged 70