Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Volkov

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Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Volkov
Born (1948-05-27) 27 May 1948
Horlivka, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
StatusRetired
OccupationTest Pilot
Space career
Roscosmos cosmonaut
RankColonel, Soviet Air Force
Time in space
391d 11h 52m
Selection1978 cosmonaut Group
Total EVAs
2 (1 during Mir EO-4, 1 during Mir EO-10)
Total EVA time
10h, 12m
MissionsSoyuz T-14 (Salyut 7 EO-4), Soyuz TM-7 (Mir EO-4), Soyuz TM-13 (Mir EO-10)

Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Volkov (Russian: Алекса́ндр Алекса́ндрович Во́лков; born 27 May 1948) is a retired Soviet cosmonaut. He is a veteran of 3 space flights, including twice to the Mir Soviet space station, and is the father of cosmonaut Sergey Volkov.

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