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Yi So-Yeon; Volkov, Sergey; and Kononenko, Oleg (From left to right) Yi So-Yeon, Sergey Volkov, and Oleg Kononenko on the eve of their launch to the International Space Station, April 7, 2008.

Sergey Volkov

Russian pilot and cosmonaut
Also known as: Sergey Aleksandrovich Volkov
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Sergey Volkov (born April 1, 1973, Chuguyev, Kharkov oblast, Ukraine, U.S.S.R. [now in Ukraine]) is a Russian military pilot and cosmonaut—the first second-generation cosmonaut, following his father, Aleksandr Volkov, into space. Volkov graduated from the Tambov Marina Raskova Air Force Academy for Pilots in Tambov, Russia, with a piloting and engineering degree in 1995. After completing his studies, Volkov entered the Russian air force and served as an assistant aircraft commander in military transport aviation....

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