Nikolay Rukavishnikov, Russian physicist and astronaut (died 2002)

Nikolai Rukavishnikov

Soviet cosmonaut (1932–2002)

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.