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Volk, Igor Petrovich

Person · Ukraine

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Volk
Volk
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Ukrainian test pilot cosmonaut 1977-1996.

Graduated from Military Pilot School, Kirovograd, 1956 and from Moscow Aviation Institute with an engineering degree, 1969 Colonel, Russia Air Force, and civilian test pilot of LII. Cosmonaut training December 1978 - July 1980. Buran Test Pilot, Head of Buran test pilot corps. Commander, Gromov Flight Research Center at Gromov Flight Research Institute (LII). After 40 years of working for the LII he retired in February 2002.

More at: Volk.

Related

Family
Cosmonaut
Country
Ukraine
Spacecraft
Salyut 7
Agency
VVS
Bibliography
4452, 6158

Chronology

23 events

1937 April 12

  • Birth of Igor Petrovich Volk - . Nation: Ukraine. Related Persons: Volk. Ukrainian test pilot cosmonaut 1977-1996. 1 spaceflight, 11.8 days in space. Flew to orbit on Soyuz T-12 (1984)..

1984 July 17

17:40 GMT - . Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur LC31. LV Family: R-7. Launch Vehicle: Soyuz-U2.
  • Soyuz T-12 - . Call Sign: Pamir (Pamir mountains). Crew: Dzhanibekov, Savitskaya, Volk. Backup Crew: Ivanova, Savinykh, Vasyutin. Payload: Soyuz T s/n 18L. Mass: 7,020 kg (15,470 lb). Nation: Russia. Agency: MOM. Program: Salyut 7. Class: Manned. Type: Manned spacecraft. Flight: Soyuz T-10, Soyuz T-12. Spacecraft Bus: Soyuz. Spacecraft: Soyuz T. Duration: 11.80 days. Decay Date: 1984-07-29 . USAF Sat Cat: 15119 . COSPAR: 1984-073A. Apogee: 218 km (135 mi). Perigee: 192 km (119 mi). Inclination: 51.60 deg. Period: 88.60 min. Docked with Salyut 7. Transported a crew comprising ship's commander V A Dzhanibekov, flight engineer S E Savitskaya and cosmonaut-research I P Volk to the Salyut-7 orbital station to conduct scientific and technical studies and experiments..

1984 July 29

1984 December 29

Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur Jubilee.
  • Buran Analog BST-02 taxi test 1 - . Crew: Stankevicius, Volk. Nation: Russia. Related Persons: Stankevicius, Volk. Program: Buran. Class: Manned. Type: Manned spaceplane. Spacecraft Bus: Buran. Spacecraft: Buran Analogue. Maximum speed 45 kph. Time 5 minutes. Thereafter to PRSO test stand for full-scale equipment tests; then to PDST pilot-dynamics test stand for further tests..

1985 August 2

Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur Jubilee.

1985 October 5

Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur Jubilee.

1985 October 15

Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur Jubilee.

1985 November 10

Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur Jubilee.

1985 November 15

Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur Jubilee.

1986 January 3

Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur Jubilee.

1986 May 27

Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur Jubilee.

1986 June 11

Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur Jubilee.

1986 December 10

Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur Jubilee.

1986 December 23

Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur Jubilee.

1987 February 16

Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur Jubilee.

1987 February 25

Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur Jubilee.

1987 June 25

Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur Jubilee.

1987 October 5

Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur Jubilee.

1988 January 16

Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur Jubilee.

1988 March 4

Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur Jubilee.

1988 April 15

Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur Jubilee.
  • Buran Analog BST-02 flight 25 - . Crew: Stankevicius, Volk. Nation: Russia. Related Persons: Stankevicius, Volk. Program: Buran. Class: Manned. Type: Manned spaceplane. Spacecraft Bus: Buran. Spacecraft: Buran Analogue. Time 19 minutes. Final Buran Analog flight test. At the same time development of the auto-land system aboard the Tu-154 test bed is completed as well..

1994 Late or Early 1995

  • Buran 5 (cancelled) - . Crew: Tolboyev, Volk. Backup Crew: Sultanov, Zabolotski. Nation: Russia. Program: Mir. Flight: Buran 5. Spacecraft: Buran.

    Buran Flight 5 (3K1) would have been the first flight of the third orbiter. It would be the first manned Buran flight; the third orbiter was the first outfitted with life support systems and ejection seats. Two cosmonauts would deliver the 37KBI module to Mir, using the Buran manipulator arm to dock it to the station's Kristall module. Final crew selection had still not been made at the time the program was cancelled.

2017 January 3

  • Death of Igor Petrovich Volk. - . Related Persons: Volk. Ukrainian test pilot cosmonaut 1977-1996. 1 spaceflight, 11.8 days in space. Flew to orbit on Soyuz T-12 (1984)..