ASTRONAUT

Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Volkov

1948 - Today

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Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Volkov (Russian: Алекса́ндр Алекса́ндрович Во́лков; born 27 May 1948) is a retired Soviet cosmonaut. He is a veteran of 3 space flights, including twice to the Mir Soviet space station, and is the father of cosmonaut Sergey Volkov. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Volkov is the 118th most popular astronaut (down from 99th in 2019), the 475th most popular biography from Ukraine (down from 457th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Ukrainian Astronaut.

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Volkov ranks 118 out of 556. Before him are Deke Slayton, Steve MacLean, Wubbo Ockels, Phạm Tuân, Nikolay Rukavishnikov, and Pyotr Klimuk. After him are Susan Kilrain, Ulf Merbold, Bertalan Farkas, Nancy J. Currie-Gregg, Mary Ellen Weber, and Georgy Shonin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Volkov ranks 302. Before him are Tony Ramos, Ray Clemence, Mervyn King, Baron King of Lothbury, Galina Prozumenshchikova, Winfried Kretschmann, and Chris Squire. After him are José José, Bernard Thévenet, Robert Taylor, Tomáš Halík, James Nachtwey, and Tommy Körberg.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Volkov ranks 475 out of 1,365. Before him are Joseph Ludwig Raabe (1801), Maciej Rataj (1884), Yukhym Zvyahilsky (1933), Chana Orloff (1888), Lev Kopelev (1912), and Euphemia of Kiev (1100). After him are Panteleimon Kulish (1819), Alexander Spendiaryan (1871), Leonid Pasechnik (1970), Igor Moiseyev (1906), Mikhail Tereshchenko (1886), and Ivan Puluj (1845).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In Ukraine

Among astronauts born in Ukraine, Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Volkov ranks 9. Before him are Mirosław Hermaszewski (1941), Georgy Beregovoy (1921), Leonid Popov (1945), Vladimir Lyakhov (1941), Valentin Bondarenko (1937), and Leonid Kizim (1941). After him are Georgy Shonin (1935), Vitaly Zholobov (1937), Leonid Kadeniuk (1951), Anatoly Levchenko (1941), Anatoly Artsebarsky (1956), and Yuri Malenchenko (1961).

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