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TMA-12 Soyuz commander Volkov is,".. the first second generation
cosmonaut, the son of cosmonaut Alexander Volkov": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergey_...28cosmonaut%29 His father, Alexander, was orbiting earth with Krikalev when the Soviet Union broke up in 1991. Even more interesting is that when Serey Volkov returns to Earth, space tourist Richard Garriott, son of US Skylab astronaut Owen Garriott will be aboard the same spacecraft; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Garriott Apparently Owen's son is a programming genius/rich dude now. From the wiki article: On September 28, 2007, Space Adventures announced that Garriott would fly to the International Space Station in October 2008 as the sixth space tourist. He will launch onboard Soyuz TMA-13, and will land with Soyuz TMA-12. [1] He will become the second offspring of a past space explorer to go into space himself, after cosmonaut Sergey Volkov. Soyuz TMA-12 will carry both of them on its return trip. |
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