Name: Volkov, Aleksandr Country: Soviet Union M/F: M Number of Flights: 3

Space Flights Launch Date - Flight Up Landing Date - Flight Down
1. Soyuz T-14 September 17, 1985 - Soyuz T-14 November 21, 1985 - Soyuz T-14
2. Soyuz TM-7 November 26, 1988 - Soyuz TM-7 April 29, 1989 - Soyuz TM-7
3. Soyuz TM-13 October 2, 1991 - Soyuz TM-13 March 25, 1992 - Soyuz TM-13

Space Flights Descriptions
Soyuz T-13A
(Cancelled)
Proposed Prime Crew for the first mission to operate TKS-3 military experiments aboard the Salyut 7 space station
Crew was replaced by a repair crew after Salyut 7 suffered a complete breakdown.
1. Soyuz T-14 Salyut 7 Principal Expedition EP-05 Crew
Docked with Salyut 7 from September 18, 1985 to November 21, 1985
Soyuz TM-2
(2nd Backup Crew)
Mir Main Expedition EO-02 Crew
Soyuz TM-4
(Backup Crew)
Mir Main Expedition EO-03 Crew
2. Soyuz TM-7 Mir Main Expedition EO-04 Crew
Docked with Mir on November 28, 1988 to April 27, 1989
Soyuz TM-11
(2nd Backup Crew)
Mir Main Expedition EO-08 Crew
Soyuz TM-12
(Backup Crew)
Mir Main Expedition EO-09 Crew
Soyuz TM-13A
(Cancelled)
Original Prime Crew assigned to Soyuz TM-13
Soyuz TM-13 and Soyuz TM-14 crews were reshuffled extensively due to commercial bookings by Austria and Germany and the necessity of flying a Kazakh-born cosmonaut as part of the Baikonur rental agreement. Aleksandr Kaleri was replaced by a Kazakh researcher in the final crew.
3. Soyuz TM-13 Mir Main Expedition EO-10 Crew
Docked with Mir from October 4, 1991 to March 25, 1992

Spacewalks - 2
Space Flights Date & Duration Purpose
Soyuz TM-7 December 9, 1988 Perform first French spacewalk. Conduct engineering experiment for Hermes Development Program and Columbus space station program
5 hours 57 minutes

Soyuz TM-13 Feb. 20, 1992 Perform miscellaneous maintenance tasks
4 hours 12 minutes

Return to Master List Soviet Cosmonauts Spacewalkers Three Spaceflights
Mir Program - 1988 / 1991 / Backup Crew Salyut Program - Salyut 7 Exp.-Crew

Updated - March 26, 2006