Igor Volk

Igor Volk
Volk in 2008
Born
Igor Petrovich Volk

(1937-04-12)12 April 1937
Died3 January 2017(2017-01-03) (aged 79)
EducationKirovograd Military Aviation School of Pilots (1956)
Fedotov Test Pilot School (1965)
Moscow Aviation Institute (1969)
Occupation(s)test pilot, cosmonaut
Years active1956 – 2016
EmployerGromov Flight Research Institute (1965-2002)
Notable workMiG-21I testbed maiden flight
OK-GLI program
AwardsHero of the Soviet Union
Honoured Test Pilot of the USSR
Space career
Cosmonaut
Time in space
11d 19h 14min
SelectionAir Force Group 5
MissionsSoyuz T-12
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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.