The road to space from Alexander Volkova began with the Kharkov senior military aviation school of pilots named after S.I. Grovenian. Further, the flight service and two years of general-grate preparation in the cosmonauts detachment of the SMONAVT training center named after Yu.A. Gagarin (October 1977 – September 1978). From January 1982 to September 1984, Alexander Alexandrovich was prepared as part of a group of cosmonauts under the Burand program.
First Space Flight A.A. Volkov made from September 17, 1985 as a cosmonaut-researcher at the Soyuz T-14 spacecraft with colleagues V.V. Vasyutin and G.M. Buckwheat. After 64 days of work on board the station of the crew as part of A. Volkova, V. Vasyutina and V. Savini returned safely to Earth. December 20, 1985 for the successful exercise of space flight and the courage and heroism of Volkov, Alexander Alexandrovich, was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union with the presentation of the Order of Lenin and the “Golden Star” medal.
For the second time, Alexander Volkov went on flight on November 26, 1988 as the commander of the ship “Union TM-7” and the 4th main expedition to the Mir station. This time, his crew counterparts were Russian cosmonaut Sergey Cricalev and French Astronaut J.L. Corene. During the flight, Alexander Aleksandrovich successfully worked as a program to enter outdoor space (about 6 hours). 151 days The crew spent in space.
On July 20, 1988, Alexander Volkov was appointed to the post of Deputy Commander of the Cosmonauts of the CPC named after Yu.A. Gagarin.
The third space flight was performed by Alexander Volkovo from October 2, 1991 to March 25, 1992 as the commander of the Soyuz TM-13 ship and the world station under the Austromir program together with T. Aubakirov and F. Fibeck, and on the program The 10th main expedition with S. Crycalev. The flight lasted 175 days. During the expedition, he exit to open space (4 hours 12 minutes).
from 1991 to 1998 A.A. Volkov served as the commander of the cosmonaut detachment. Alexander Volkov is a representative of the world’s first cosmonaut dynasty. His son – Sergey Volkov, continued the glorious business of the Father – the development of space vertices.
Dear Alexander Aleksandrovich! We wish you a good health for many years, cheerfulness and optimism, happiness and well-being to you and your loved ones!
Space dynasty of wolves. Documentary