Igor Petrovich Volk (Russian: Игорь Петрович Волк; born April 12 1937 in Zmiiv Kharkiv Oblast USSR) is a retired cosmonaut and test pilot in the Soviet Union. He is married and has two children.Igor Volk was selected as a cosmonaut on July 30 1980 flew as Research Cosmonaut on Soyuz T-12 the 7th expedition to Salyut 7. One goal of the mission was to test the effects of long-duration spaceflight on Volk’s return flight piloting as a precursor to piloting the Space Shuttle Buran.
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