page_title: Igor Volk
hierarchical_section_title: Igor Volk
caption_attribution_description: English: Igor Petrovich Volk (Russian: Игорь Петрович Волк; born April 12, 1937 in Zmiiv, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukrainian SSR) was a cosmonaut and test pilot in the Soviet Union. Here his guest of Technikmuseum Speyer at the opening of the Buran exhibition 2.10.2008. He was the pilot of the OK-GLI shown there. Deutsch: Igor Volk (Игорь Петрович Волк) russischer Testpilot und Kosmonaut bei der Eröffnung der Raumfahrthalle des Technikmuseums Speyer. Igor Volk flog den dort ausgestellten Prototyp OK-GLI, mit dem die Parameter für den Landeanflug der russischen Raumfähre Buran erflogen wurden. Auf dem Bild beobachtet er konzentriert ein Video. Obgleich auf beiden Bildern sehr nachdenklich, war Igor Volk an dem Abend gut gelaunt und ein freundlicher Erzähler. Русский: И́горь Петро́вич Волк (родился 12 апреля 1937) — космонавт России. Герой Советского Союза,Заслуженный лётчик-испытатель СССР, президент международной ассоциации «Земля и космонавтика», полковник запаса с 1987 г. Technik-Museum Speyer
context_page_description: Igor Petrovich Volk was a Soviet cosmonaut and test pilot. He was best known for his involvement as a research cosmonaut in the Soyuz T-12 in 1980. It was seventh manned spaceflight to the Soviet space station Salyut 7. He bomber pilot in the Soviet Air Force. He later joined the Moscow Aviation Institute in 1962. He had over 7000 flight hours logged in over 80 different aircraft. He had the rank of colonel in the Russian Air Force.
  Volk was born in Zmiiv, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukrainian SSR. He was given many awards, most famously the Hero of the Soviet Union and the Order of Lenin titles. He was married and had two children.
  Volk died on 3 January 2017 while on holiday in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. He was 79.
context_section_description: Igor Petrovich Volk (Russian: Игорь Петрович Волк, Ukrainian: Ігор Петрович Волк; 12 April 1937 – 3 January 2017) was a Soviet cosmonaut and test pilot. He was best known for his involvement as a research cosmonaut in the Soyuz T-12 in 1980. It was seventh manned spaceflight to the Soviet space station Salyut 7. He bomber pilot in the Soviet Air Force. He later joined the Moscow Aviation Institute in 1962. He had over 7000 flight hours logged in over 80 different aircraft. He had the rank of colonel in the Russian Air Force.
  Volk was born in Zmiiv, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukrainian SSR. He was given many awards, most famously the Hero of the Soviet Union and the Order of Lenin titles. He was married and had two children.
  Volk died on 3 January 2017 while on holiday in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. He was 79.
caption: Volk in October 2008
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