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Also Known As Alexander Alexandrovich Volkov
Born May 27, 1948 (age 78) • 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
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Abdul Ahad Mohmand
Afghan pilot and cosmonaut
Farkas, Bertalan
Bertalan Farkas
Hungarian pilot and cosmonaut
Arnaldo Tamayo Mendez smiles in a white and blue spacesuit with mission patches, posing against a plain blue background.
Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez
Cuban pilot and cosmonaut
Jähn, Sigmund
Sigmund Jähn
East German cosmonaut
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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
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Vladislav Nikolayevich Volkov
Soviet cosmonaut
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Viktor Ivanovich Patsayev
Soviet cosmonaut
Soviet astronaut Valentina Tereshkova
Valentina Tereshkova
Soviet cosmonaut
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Gherman Stepanovich Titov
Soviet cosmonaut
Yuri Gagarin in a spacesuit and helmet sits in preparation for the first manned space flight in 1961, with two uniformed men standing behind him.
Yuri Gagarin
Soviet cosmonaut
Haigneré, Claudie
Claudie Haigneré
French cosmonaut, doctor, and politician
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Franz Viehböck
Austrian electrical engineer and cosmonaut

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