Died 2002-10-19.
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Nikolai 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.
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science · Soviet cosmonaut (1932–2002) · engineer · astronaut · physicist · also Nikolay Rukavishnikov, Nikolai Rukavishnikov, Rukavishnikov, Nikolay, Nikolai Nikolayevich Rukavishnikov, Rukavishnikov
Born 18 September 1932 · Died 19 October 2002 · Q266359
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Died 2002-10-19.
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And returned to work for the same bureau he started with, by then known as Energia
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Awarded Order of Georgi Dimitrov (1979).
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Awarded Order of Lenin (1979).
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Awarded Hero of the People's Republic of Bulgaria (1979).
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Won Gold Star medal (1974).
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Awarded Hero of the Soviet Union (1974).
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Awarded Order of Lenin (1974).
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Awarded Order of Sukhbaatar (1972).
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Awarded Hero of the Mongolian People's Republic (1972).
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Won Gold Star medal (1971).
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Awarded Order of Lenin (1971).
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Awarded Hero of the Soviet Union (1971).
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Won Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin" (1970).
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Studied at National Research Nuclear University (1951–1957).
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Born 1932-09-18.
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