Aleksandr Volkov
Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Volkov, born 27 May 1948, is a Soviet cosmonaut of Ukrainian origins. At the age of 13, Volkov witnessed Yuri Gagarin become the first man in space and this inspired him to become a cosmonaut. He joined the Soviet space programme. The Soviet Union broke up in 1991. At the time Volkov was orbiting Earth on Mir with Sergei K. Krikalev, \"the last citizens of the USSR\". Having gone into orbit as Soviet citizens, they returned to Earth as Russian citizens. He worked as Commander of the Cosmonaut Team at the Cosmonauts Training Centre from January 1991 until August 1998. His work was to prepare Russian and foreign cosmonauts for future flights to space stations to Mir and the International Space Station. He is the father of Sergei Volkov, who became the first second-generation cosmonaut when he was launched aboard Soyuz TMA-12 on 8 April 2008.
Spaceflights:
No. Mission Position Time Duration
1 Soyuz T-14 Research Cosmonaut 17.09.1985 - 21.11.1985 64d 21h 52m
2 Soyuz TM-7 / MIR-4 Commander 26.11.1988 - 27.04.1989 151d 11h 08m
3 Soyuz TM-13 / MIR-10 Commander 02.10.1991 - 25.03.1992 175d 02h 52m
Total 391d 11h 52m
