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.
- Occupation
- engineer, astronaut, physicist
- Citizenship
- Soviet Union, Russia
- Born
- September 18, 1932
- Died
- October 19, 2002
