Boris Morukov

Boris Vladimirovich Morukov (Russian: Борис Владимирович Моруков; 1 October 1950 – 1 January 2015) was a Russian physician and cosmonaut. He was best known for flying aboard NASA Space Shuttle mission STS-106 as a mission specialist. He also trained with the Russian Federal Space Agency as a research-cosmonaut.

Brois Morukov working for NASA.

Morukov was born in Moscow. In 1973, he got his M.D. from the Russian State Medical University. He was married to Nina and had two children - a son, Ivan, and a daughter, Olga.

Morukov died on 1 January 2015, aged 64.[1]

References
  1. "Russian cosmonaut Boris Morukov, space station visitor and Mars sim leader, dies". collectSPACE. 1 January 2015. Retrieved 2 January 2015.

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