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==== Spaceflight of I. P. Volk ==== {{main|Soyuz T-12}} [[File:1985 CPA 5654.jpg|thumb|The crew of [[Soyuz T-12]] ([[Vladimir Dzhanibekov]], [[Svetlana Savitskaya]], and [[Igor Volk]]) on a stamp issued in 1985]] [[Igor Volk]] was planned to be the commander of the first crewed Buran flight. There were two purposes of the Soyuz T-12 mission, one of which was to give Volk spaceflight experience. The other purpose, seen as the more important factor, was to beat the United States and have the first [[Extra-vehicular activity|spacewalk]] by a woman.{{sfn|Hendrickx|Vis|2007}} At the time of the Soyuz T-12 mission the Buran programme was still a [[Classified information|state secret]]. The appearance of Volk as a crew member caused some, including the [[British Interplanetary Society]] magazine ''[[Spaceflight (magazine)|Spaceflight]]'', to ask why a test pilot was occupying a Soyuz seat usually reserved for researchers or foreign cosmonauts.{{sfn|Hendrickx|Vis|2007|p=526}}
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