Name: Rukavishnikov, Nikolai Country: Soviet Union M/F: M Number of Flights: 3

Space Flights Launch Date - Flight Up Landing Date - Flight Down
1. Soyuz 10 April 22, 1971 - Soyuz 10 April 24, 1971 - Soyuz 10
2. Soyuz 16 December 2, 1974 - Soyuz 16 December 8, 1974 - Soyuz 16
3. Soyuz 33 April 10, 1979 - Soyuz 33 April 12, 1979 - Soyuz 33

Space Flights Descriptions
Soyuz 7K-L1 Flight 2
(Cancelled)
Planned second Soviet circumlunar space flight
Cancelled after the success of Apollo 8 orbiting the Moon
1. Soyuz 10 First mission to Salyut 1
Soyuz 10 docked with Salyut 1 on April 24, 1971.
The crew could not enter Salyut 1 due to a jammed hatch on Soyuz 10
Soyuz (DOS 1) 12
(Cancelled)
Proposed Prime Crew for the third planned flight to the Salyut 1 space station
Cancelled after the crew of Soyuz 11 perished during reentry
2. Soyuz 16 Apollo-Soyuz Test Project
Manned test flight of modernized Soyuz spacecraft
Soyuz 19
(Backup Crew)
Apollo-Soyuz Test Project - Docked with Apollo "18"
Soyuz 28
(Backup Crew)
Salyut 6 Visiting Expedition EP-02 Crew
1st international crew under the INTERCOSMOS program
2. Soyuz 33 Salyut 6 Visiting Expedition EP-05 Crew
4th International crew under the INTERCOSMOS program - Failed to rendezvous with Salyut 6
Soyuz T-3A
(Cancelled)
Proposed Backup Crew
Crews for a planned mission to the Salyut 6 space station were dissolved after Lazarev failed physical in early 1981.
Soyuz T-3
(2nd Backup Crew)
Salyut 6 Principal Expedition EO-05 Crew

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Updated - February 2, 2005