Background
Volkov Alexander Alexandrovich was born on the 27 of May in 1948 in Gorlovka, Donetsk region, Ukraine.
Volkov Alexander Alexandrovich was born on the 27 of May in 1948 in Gorlovka, Donetsk region, Ukraine.
In 1966 Alexander finished 10 formes of secondary school №10 in Gorlovka, Donetsk region and then started his career and entered into the Kharkov Institute of Artillery named after S.I. Gritsevets and finished his education in 1991 in the Military-Political Academy named after Lenin.
Alexander before his accounting in a cosmonautics order was a cadet of the Kharkov Institute of Internal Affairs from the 25 of August 1966 till June 1970 and then was the pilot instructor of the 810 training aviation regiment of Ivan Kozhedub National Air Force University from June 1970 till August 1976.
Made three flights: September 17 - November 21, 1985 as a cosmonaut researcher of the Soyuz T-14 spacecraft and the Salyut-7 OS together with V. Savinykh and V. Vasyutin. At the station he worked with V. Dzhanibekov and G. Grechko. The flight was terminated prematurely because of V. Vasyutin's illness. Flight Duration was 64 days. 21 hours 52 min. 08 seconds. Call sign was "Cheget-3".
November 26, 1988 - April 27, 1989 as commander of the Soyuz TM-7 spacecraft and OK Mir together with S. Krikalev and J.-L. Chretien (France). Flight duration was 151 days. 11 hours 08 min. 24 seconds. Callsign was Donbass-1;
October 2, 1991 - March 25, 1992, as commander of the Soyuz TM-13 spacecraft and OK Mir on the program "Austromir" together with T. Aubakirov and F. Fibek and EO-10 together with the C Krikalev. At the station he worked with A. Artsebarsky, A. Viktorenko, A. Kaleri, K.-D. Flade (West Germany). Flight duration was 175 days. 02 hours 51 min. 44 seconds. Callsign was Donbass-1.
