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Igor Petrovich Volk ( Russian: Игорь Петрович Волк, Ukrainian: Ігор Петрович Волк; 12 April 1937 – 3 January 2017) was a Russian test pilot and former Soviet cosmonaut in the Buran programme . Military and test pilot. Volk became a pilot in the Soviet Air Forces in 1956.
Transliteration Igor' Petrovič Volk; * 12. April 1937 in Smijiw, Oblast Charkow, Ukrainische SSR; † 3. Januar 2017 in Plovdiv, Bulgarien) war ein Pilot und sowjetischer Kosmonaut. Wolk führte als Kommandant gemeinsam mit Rimantas Stankevičius, welcher als Pilot fungierte, die ersten atmosphärischen Flüge des Buran-Prototyps OK-GLI durch.
- 3. August 1978
- SowjetunionSowjetunion
- 1 Raumflug
- LII
Jan. 4, 2017. — Igor Volk, a Soviet-era cosmonaut whose only spaceflight in 1984 was intended to prepare him to fly Russia's space shuttle Buran before it was canceled, died on Tuesday (Jan. 3). He was 79.
9. Aug. 2013 · 3. 528 views 10 years ago. Interview with the Hero of the Soviet Union, pilot-cosmonaut Igor Volk on the problems of the space-rocket industry. The interviewee tells about the relationships...
3. Jan. 2020 · Colonel, Russia Air Force, Res. and civilian test pilot of LII; graduated from Military Pilot School, Kirovograd, 1956 and from Moscow Aviation Institute with an engineering degree, 1969; was selected as cosmonaut for Buran flights on 12.07.1977 ( LII -1); OKP (cosmonaut basic training): 12/78 - 7/80; later again Commander Gromov Flight ...
- 12.04.1937
- two
- Zmijiv / Kharkiv Oblast / Ukrainian SSR
- married
16. Mai 2021 · Launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome and landing 140 km southeast of Dzheskasgan. Igor Volk was a test pilot, and was planned to be the Commander of the first Buran spaceflight. The rule introduced following the Soyuz 25 failure, insisted that all Soviet spaceflight must have at least one crew member who has been to space before.
The article traces the history and failure of the Soviet Buran space shuttle, which was a copycat of the U.S. shuttle in response to the cold war. It interviews former Soviet engineers and pilots who worked on the project and reveals its cost and complexity.
