Igor Volk

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Igor Petrovich Volk
Cosmonaut
 Nationality Soviet
 Born April 12, 1937
Oblast, Ukrainian SSR
 Occupation1 Pilot
 Rank Colonel, Russian Air Force
 Space time 11d 19h 14m
 Selection Air Force Group 5
 Mission(s) Soyuz T-12
 1 previous or current

Igor Petrovich Volk, born April 12, 1937 in Gotwald Kharkov Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, was a USSR cosmonaut.

He was selected as a cosmonaut on July 30, 1980, flew as Research Cosmonaut on Soyuz T-12 and retired in 1996. He is also an inventor and, in 2005, was planning a new concept flying car called "Lark".

Igor Volk is married and has two children.


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