Station

Volk Hub - HR 8526 ︎

Star system
Station distance
544 Ls
Landing pad
Large
Station type
Starport (Orbis)

Station services
Commodity marketOutfittingRearmRefuelRepairShipyard

Black marketContactsFleet carrier administrationFleet carrier servicesFleet carrier vendorInterstellar factorsMaterial traderPower contactRedemption officeSearch and rescueTechnology brokerUniversal CartographicsVendorsWorkshop

BartenderConcourseCrew loungeFrontline SolutionsMissionsPioneer SuppliesTuningVista Genomics


Economy
Agriculture
Wealth
Population
Government
Dictatorship
Allegiance
Independent
Minor faction

Station update
04 Nov 2024, 9:01pm
Location update
04 Nov 2024, 9:01pm
Market update
04 Nov 2024, 9:02pm
Shipyard update
03 Nov 2024, 10:41pm
Outfitting update
03 Nov 2024, 10:42pm

Galpedia

Igor Volk

Igor Petrovich Volk (Russian: Игорь Петрович Волк; born April 12, 1937 in Zmiiv, Kharkiv Oblast, USSR) is a retired cosmonaut and test pilot in the Soviet Union. He is married and has two children.

Igor Volk was selected as a cosmonaut on July 30, 1980, flew as Research Cosmonaut on Soyuz T-12, the 7th expedition to Salyut 7. One goal of the mission was to test the effects of long-duration spaceflight on Volk's return flight piloting as a precursor to piloting the Space Shuttle Buran. He served as the head of the cosmonauts training for the Buran program and since the project's cancellation, as a Flight Tests Deputy at the Gromov Flight Research Institute in 1995 before retiring in 1996. He has previously served as President of the National Aero Club of Russia and Vice President of the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale. As recognition for his contributions as a test pilot and cosmonaut he was awarded the Hero of the Soviet Union on July 29, 1984.



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