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Igor Volk

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Soviet test pilot, cosmonaut (1937-2017)

ScientistsLived 1937 to 2017 · aged 79
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Igor Petrovich Volk was a Soviet test pilot and cosmonaut in the Buran programme.

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Cosmonaut Igor Volk, European Astronaut Thomas Reiter, U.S. Astronaut Charlie DukeCosmonaut Igor Volk, European Astronaut Thomas Reiter, U.S. Astronaut Charlie DukeSpeech of Vladimir Dzhanibekov at the opening ceremony of Igor Volk memorial bust in Zhukovsky, Moscow OblastSpeech of Vladimir Dzhanibekov at the opening ceremony of Igor Volk memorial bust in Zhukovsky, Moscow Oblast

Awards 13

2011Medal "For Merit in Space Exploration"
2011Gromov medal
1997Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class
1990Order of Friendship of Peoples
1984Order of Lenin
1984Hero of the Soviet Union
1984Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR
1974Order of the Red Banner of Labour
1970Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin"
Medal "Veteran of Labour"
Medal "In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow"
Jubilee Medal "40 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
Merited Test Pilot of the USSR

Connected to Igor 6

Amet-khan SultanAlso won Merited Test Pilot of the USSRVladimir ShatalovAlso won Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSRMichael FoaleAlso won Medal "For Merit in Space Exploration"Gennady PadalkaAlso won Medal "For Merit in Space Exploration"Viktor GorbatkoAlso won Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSRToktar AubakirovAlso won Merited Test Pilot of the USSR

About this person

Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1937 to 2017 · aged 79
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