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| | Nikolai Rukavishnikov, 70, Russian Astronaut, Is Dead (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06) |
 | | OSCOW, Oct. 25 — Nikolai Rukavishnikov, a Soviet astronaut who made three trips into space and encountered hair-raising problems twice, died of a heart attack last Saturday, the Russian press reported. |
 | | Rukavishnikov's first space voyage was in 1971 aboard the Soyuz 10. |
 | | The craft docked with the Salyut 1 space station, but the crew was unable to enter, apparently because of a faulty hatch, and the mission was aborted, lasting less than two days. |
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