Igor Volk
Igor Volk | |
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Volk in 2008 | |
| Born | Igor Petrovich Volk 12 April 1937 |
| Died | 3 January 2017 (aged 79) |
| Education | Kirovograd Military Aviation School of Pilots (1956) Fedotov Test Pilot School (1965) Moscow Aviation Institute (1969) |
| Occupation(s) | test pilot, cosmonaut |
| Years active | 1956 – 2016 |
| Employer | Gromov Flight Research Institute (1965-2002) |
| Notable work | MiG-21I testbed maiden flight OK-GLI program |
| Awards | Hero of the Soviet Union Honoured Test Pilot of the USSR |
| Space career | |
| Cosmonaut | |
Time in space | 11d 19h 14min |
| Selection | Air Force Group 5 |
| Missions | Soyuz T-12 |
| Signature | |
Igor Petrovich Volk (Russian: Игорь Петрович Волк, Ukrainian: Ігор Петрович Волк; 12 April 1937 – 3 January 2017) was a Russian test pilot and former Soviet cosmonaut in the Buran programme.