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October 19, 2002
Nikolay Rukavishnikov, Russian physicist and astronaut (born 1932)

Nikolai Rukavishnikov
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.