Nikolai Nikolajewitsch Rukavischnikow

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Nikolai Nikolajewitsch Rukavischnikow
Country: USSR
selected on 1967/27. May 1968
Calls: 3 space flights
Start of the
first space flight: 		April 22, 1971
Landing of the
last space flight: 		April 12, 1979
Time in space: 9d 21h 10min 35s
retired on July 7, 1987
Space flights

Nikolai Nikolajewitsch Rukavischnikow ( Russian: Николай Николаевич Рукавишников , scientific transliteration Nikolaj Nikolaevič Rukavišnikov ; born September 18, 1932 in Tomsk , Russian SFSR; † October 18, 2002 in Moscow ) was a physicist and Soviet cosmonaut .

Life

After Nikolai Rukawischnikow completed his physics studies at the Moscow Engineering-Physics Institute in 1957 , he worked as an engineer in Sergei Korolev's design office . The physicist was selected as a cosmonaut for the Soviet lunar landing program in 1967 . After the Soviet lunar landing program was abandoned in 1968, Rukawischnikow was taken over as a spaceman on May 27, 1968 by the Central Design Office of Experimental Mechanical Engineering.

Rukavishnikov on a Soviet postage stamp (1975)

In 1971 Rukawischnikow was part of the Soyuz 10 team as a research cosmonaut , which only managed an incomplete link to Salyut 1 . In 1974 the physicist tested all elements of the US-American- Soviet Apollo-Soyuz project as a flight engineer for Soyuz 16 . In 1979 Rukavischnikow was in command of Soyuz 33 , which was approaching the Salyut 6 space station , where Soyuz 32 was docked; however, there was no coupling. With this mission, Nikolai Rukawischnikow was the first civilian commander of a Soyuz spaceship within the Interkosmos program. In 1980 the engineer gained the title of candidate in technical sciences.

Rukavishnikov was still scheduled for the Soyuz T-11 mission. However, a serious illness prevented participation. Gennady Strekalov flew for him . After Rukawischnikow left the cosmonaut corps on July 7, 1987, he was employed by NPO Energija . He died on October 18, 2002 in Moscow as a result of a heart attack .

Rukavischnikow was married and had one child.

See also

List of manned space flights

supporting documents

personal data
SURNAME Rukavischnikow, Nikolai Nikolajewitsch
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Рукавишников, Николай Николаевич (Russian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Soviet cosmonaut , physicist
DATE OF BIRTH September 18, 1932
PLACE OF BIRTH Tomsk , Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
DATE OF DEATH October 18, 2002
Place of death Moscow , Russia