Biographies of USSR / Russian Cosmonauts

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Igor Volk

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Igor Petrovich

USSR

Personal data

Birthdate:  12.04.1937
Birthplace:  Zmijiv / Kharkiv Oblast / Ukrainian SSR
Marital status:  married
Children:  two
Selection date:  12.07.1977
Selection group:  LII-1
Position:  Test Cosmonaut (TC)
Status:  Ret. ??.??.1996
Date of death:  03.01.2017
Place of death:  Varna / Bulgaria

Spaceflights

No. Mission Position Time Duration
1  Soyuz T-12  Research Cosmonaut  17.07. - 29.07.1984 11d 19h 14m 
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Total  11d 19h 14m 

Additional information

Colonel, Russia Air Force, Res. and civilian test pilot of LII; graduated from Military Pilot School, Kirovograd, 1956 and from Moscow Aviation Institute with an engineering degree, 1969; was selected as cosmonaut for Buran flights on 12.07.1977 (LII-1); OKP (cosmonaut basic training): 12/78 - 7/80; later again Commander Gromov Flight Research Centre at Gromov Flight Research Institute (LII); after 40 years of working for the LII he retired in February 2002.

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