Volkov’s Career
Volkov attended Ukraine’s Chuguyev Higher Air Force School, where he trained as a pilot. After graduating in 1970, he worked as a test pilot for a few years.
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He finally joined the cosmonaut program in 1976. In 1985, he got his first space flight abroad the Soyuz T-14 ship to the Soviets’ Salyut 7 space station.