Nikolai Rukavishnikov

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Nikolai Nikolayevich Rukavishnikov
Cosmonaut
Nationality	Soviet
Born	September 18, 1932 Tomsk, USSR
Died	Moscow, Russia
Other occupation	Physicist
Time in space	9d 21h 09m
Selection	Civilian Specialist Group 2
Missions	Soyuz 10, Soyuz 16, Soyuz 33
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Nikolai Nikolayevich Rukavishnikov (Russian: Николай Николаевич Рукавишников; September 18, 1932, Tomsk – 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.

Rukavishnikov studied at the Moscow Engineering and Physics Institute and after graduation worked for Sergey Korolev's design bureau. He was selected for cosmonaut training in 1967.

He became the 50th human to fly in space on April 23, 1971, the launch date of Soyuz 10.

He resigned from the space programme in 1987 and returned to work for the same bureau he started with, by then known as Energia.

He died of a heart attack on October 19, 2002.

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Name	Rukavishnikov, Nikolai
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Date of birth	September 18, 1932
Place of birth	Tomsk, Russia
Date of death	October 19, 2002
Place of death	Moscow, Russia