Nikolay Rukavishnikov, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Nikolay Rukavishnikov

Soviet cosmonaut

Date of Birth: 18-Sep-1932

Place of Birth: Tomsk, Tomsk Oblast, Russia

Date of Death: 19-Oct-2002

Profession: astronaut, engineer, physicist

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Nikolay Nikolayevich Rukavishnikov (Russian: ??????´? ??????´???? ??????´??????; 18 September 1932 – 19 October 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.