Nikolay Rukavishnikov is remembered in technology for work that changed what came after it.
The record lists Nikolay Rukavishnikov as Soviet cosmonaut (1932–2002).
Nikolay Rukavishnikov was born at Tomsk in 1932. His recorded nationality is the Soviet Union. He was educated at National Research Nuclear University.
The twentieth century made work collective, expensive and political, with consequences that reached well beyond the people doing it.
He worked as engineer, astronaut and physicist.
His affiliations include S.P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia.
Technology is judged by adoption: an invention nobody uses is a curiosity.
His work was formally recognised with the Order of Lenin, Hero of the Soviet Union and Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR.
Working from the Soviet Union shaped what was possible - the audiences within reach, the institutions that would have him, the language the work first appeared in.
Nikolay Rukavishnikov died in 2002, aged 70. What survives is the work, which is the only durable form of a reputation.
Achievements
- Affiliated with S.P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia
- Educated at National Research Nuclear University
- Worked as engineer, astronaut and physicist
