Full Name: | Igor Petrovich Volk |
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Birthdate: | April 12, 1937 - Zmiiv, Ukraine, USSR |
Death: | January 3, 2017 - Plovdiv, Bulgaria |
Education: | Kirovograd Miliary Aviation School Fedotov Test Pilot School Moscow Aviation Institute |
Selection: | Air Force Group 5 (1970) |
Soyuz T-12 | Salyut 7 EP-4 |
July 17-29, 1984 | July 17-24, 1984 |
Igor Volk was the planned commander of the first flight of the Buran space shuttle |
Cosmonaur Igor Volk | Igor Volk trains in a Soyuz simulator | The Soyuz T-12 crew of Vladimir Dzhanibekov, Svetlana Savitskaya, and Igor Volk |
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