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Also Known As Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Volkov
Born April 27, 1948 (age 76) • Horlivka • Ukraine
Awards And Honors Order of Lenin
Notable Family Members son Sergey Volkov
Russian cosmonaut Gennady Strekalov.
Gennady Mikhailovich Strekalov
Russian cosmonaut
Jean-Loup Chrétien.
Jean-Loup Chrétien
French astronaut
Mirosław Hermaszewski
Mirosław Hermaszewski
Polish pilot
Abdul Ahad Mohmand
Afghan pilot and cosmonaut
Farkas, Bertalan
Bertalan Farkas
Hungarian pilot and cosmonaut
Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez
Cuban pilot and cosmonaut
Jähn, Sigmund
Sigmund Jähn
East German cosmonaut
Muhammed Faris
Syrian pilot and air force officer
Sergey Konstantinovich Krikalyov.
Sergey Konstantinovich Krikalyov
Russian cosmonaut
Anatoly Yakovlevich Solovyov.
Anatoly Yakovlevich Solovyov
Soviet cosmonaut
Svetlana Yevgenyevna Savitskaya
Svetlana Yevgenyevna Savitskaya
Soviet cosmonaut
Valery Polyakov
Valery Vladimirovich Polyakov
Soviet cosmonaut
Yelena Kondakova.
Yelena Kondakova
Russian cosmonaut
Vladislav Nikolayevich Volkov
Soviet cosmonaut
Viktor Ivanovich Patsayev
Soviet cosmonaut
Valentina Tereshkova
Valentina Tereshkova
Soviet cosmonaut
Gherman Stepanovich Titov
Soviet cosmonaut
Yuri Gagarin
Yuri Gagarin
Soviet cosmonaut
Haigneré, Claudie
Claudie Haigneré
French cosmonaut, doctor, and politician
Franz Viehböck
Austrian electrical engineer and cosmonaut

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