Igor Petrovich Wolk
Igor Petrovich Wolk | |
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Country: | Soviet Union |
Organization: | LII |
selected on | August 3, 1978 |
Calls: | 1 space flight |
Begin: | 17th July 1984 |
Landing: | July 29, 1984 |
Time in space: | 11d 19h 14min 36s |
retired on | 1996 |
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Igor Petrovich Wolk ( Russian И́горь Петро́вич Волк , scientific transliteration Igor 'Petrovič Volk ; born April 12, 1937 in Smijiw , Kharkov Oblast , Ukrainian SSR ; † January 3, 2017 in Plovdiv , Bulgaria ) was a pilot and Soviet cosmonaut . As commander, Wolk carried out the first atmospheric flights of the Buran prototype OK-GLI together with Rimantas Stankevičius , who acted as pilot .
Life
Igor Wolk graduated from the Kirovograd Military Aviation Pilot School in 1956 before visiting the Strela branch of the Moscow State Aviation Institute , which he successfully completed in 1969. During the testing of the MiG-105 glider, built as part of the military program Spiral , he acted as a test pilot on some flights from May 1976. After his selection as a cosmonaut, he began basic training for OKP cosmonauts in December 1978, which he was able to complete on July 30, 1980 after being taken over by the State Intermediate Commission, which wanted to use the pilot as a cosmonaut for the Buran program, in July 1980. In 1984 Igor Wolk was a research cosmonaut member of the fourth guest team of Salyut 7 ; Soyuz T-12 served as a feeder spaceship . As commander, Wolk and Stankevičius carried out the first flight on November 10, 1985 and the first automatic landing of the OK-GLI prototype of the Buran space shuttle, which was built for atmospheric and landing tests on December 10, 1986.
In 1996 he left the cosmonaut corps, but then continued to work as a test pilot for the civil aviation research institute of the Russian Ministry of Aviation Industry. After his 40th service anniversary, Wolk retired on February 26, 2002. Most recently he held the rank of colonel in the reserve of the Russian Air Force. Igor Wolk later worked as an inventor. His last project “Lark” involved a study of a car that should have flight characteristics.
Private
Wolk was married and had two children.
See also
literature
- Peter Stache: spaceman from A to Z . Military publishing house of the German Democratic Republic, Berlin [East] 1988, ISBN 3-327-00527-3 .
Web links
- Igor Petrowitsch Wolk in the Encyclopedia Astronautica (English)
- Space facts: Igor Wolk
- Astronaut.ru: Игорь Петрович Волк (Russian)
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SURNAME | Wolk, Igor Petrovich |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Волк, И́горь Петро́вич |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | soviet cosmonaut, pilot |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 12, 1937 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Smiyiv , Kharkov Oblast , Ukrainian SSR |
DATE OF DEATH | January 3, 2017 |