27-meter (89 ft) runway. It consumes 11 litres (3 gallons) of fuel for every traveled and cruises at around 637 km/h (396 mph). Personal life Volk was married and had two children. He died on 3 January 2017 while on holiday in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. He is buried together with his daughter at the Bykovskoye Memorial Cemetery in Zhukovsky. Honours and awards Hero of the Soviet Union Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR Honoured Test Pilot of the USSR Zhukovsky Honorary Citizen Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" 4th class Order of Lenin Order of the Red Banner of Labour Order of Friendship of Peoples Medal "For Merit in Space Exploration" Memory Bust of Igor Volk is installed at Solnechnaya Street in the city of Zhukovsky. References External links Detailed biography of Igor Volk Biography at Astronautix 1937 births 2017 deaths People from Zmiiv Buran program Fedotov TPS alumni Gromov Flight Research Institute employees Moscow Aviation Institute alumni Heroes of the Soviet Union Recipients of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class Recipients of the Order of Friendship of Peoples Recipients of the Order of Lenin Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour Recipients of the Medal "For Merit in Space Exploration" Soviet Air Force officers Soviet cosmonauts Soviet test pilots