Biographies of USSR / Russian Cosmonauts
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Personal data
| Birthdate: | 01.04.1973 |
| Birthplace: | Chuguyev / Kharkov Oblast / Ukrainian SSR |
| Marital status: | married |
| Children: | one |
| Selection date: | 28.07.1997 |
| Selection group: | TsPK-12 |
| Position: | Test Cosmonaut (TC) |
| Status: | active |
Spaceflights
| No. | Mission | Position | Time | Duration |
| 1 | Soyuz TMA-12 / ISS-17 | Commander | 08.04.2008 - 24.10.2008 | 198d 16h 20m |
| 2 | Soyuz TMA-02M / ISS-28 / ISS-29 | Commander | 07.06.2011 - 22.11.2011 | 167d 06h 12m |
| 3 | Soyuz TMA-18M / ISS-45 / ISS-46 | Commander | 02.09.2015 - 03.02.2016 | 181d 23h 48m |
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| Total | 547d 22h 20m | |||
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Backup assignments
| No. | Mission | Position |
| 1 | Soyuz TMA-8 | Flight Engineer |
| 2 | Soyuz TMA-01M | Commander |
| 3 | Soyuz TMA-16M | Flight Engineer |
Additional information
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Son of cosmonaut Aleksandr
Volkov; graduated from Tambov Marina Raskova
Higher Military School of Pilots, 1995; Colonel, Russian Air Force (Ret. mid
2012); was selected as cosmonaut on 28.07.1997 (TsPK-12);
OKP (cosmonaut basic training) until 11/1999; was
Deputy Commander of the
TsPK cosmonaut corps; since August 13, 2012 Commander
of the
TsPK cosmonaut corps. |
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