Nikolay Rukavishnikov Status: Deceased 9/18/1932 – 10/19/2002 Nationality: Soviet Type: Government Agency: Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) 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.