Nikolay Rukavishnikov

• Status: Deceased
• In Space: No
• Date of Birth: 09/18/1932
• Date of Death: 10/19/2002
• First Flight: 04/22/1971
• Last Flight: 04/10/1979

Launches

• Soyuz-U | Soyuz 33
• Soyuz | Soyuz 10
• Soyuz-U | Soyuz 16

Nikolay Rukavishnikov, a Russian astronaut affiliated with the government agency Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS), embarked on 3 space flights and engaging in 0 spacewalks during his/her career as an astronaut.

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.