What is Boris Morukov?
[[File:Morukov32.jpg|thumb|Brois Morukov working for [[NASA]].]] '''Boris Vladimirovich Morukov''' ({{Lang-ru|Борис Владимирович Моруков}}; 1 October 1950 &ndash; 1 January 2015) was a [[Russians|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. Morukov was born in [[Moscow]]. In 1973, he got his [[Doctor of Medicine|M.D.]] from the [[Russian National Research Medical University|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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-010115a-obituary-boris-morukov-cosmonaut.html|title=Russian cosmonaut Boris Morukov, space station visitor and Mars sim leader, dies|publisher=collectSPACE|date=1 January 2015|access-date=2 January 2015}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== {{Commons category}} * [http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/morukov.html Boris Morukov] at [[NASA]] {{DEFAULTSORT:Morukov, Boris}} [[Category:1950 births]] [[Category:2015 deaths]] [[Category:Cosmonauts]] [[Category:NASA]] [[Category:Scientists from Moscow]] [[Category:Russian physicians]] {{Bio-stub}}