Cosmonaut Igor Volk, 1937-2017

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Soviet-era cosmonaut Igor Volk, who died on Tuesday (Jan. 3), flew to the Salyut 7 space station in 1984 to gain the spaceflight experience he needed to lead the first flight of the Buran space shuttle. The Soyuz T-12 mission was a success, but the Buran program was canceled before Volk, or any cosmonaut, could launch on the winged orbiter. A decorated test pilot, he was 79.

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