Editing Konstantin Feoktistov

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{{short description|Soviet engineer and cosmonaut (1926–2009)}}
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|name        = Konstantin Feoktistov
|image       = Konstantin Petrovich Feoktistov.jpg <!---do not use postage stamps or the very poor quality photo on Commons. see file rationale-->
|type        = Cosmonaut
|birth_date  = {{birth date|df=yes|1926|2|7}}
|birth_place = [[Voronezh]], [[RSFSR]], [[Soviet Union]]
|death_date  = {{death date and age|df=yes|2009|11|21|1926|2|7}}
|death_place = [[Moscow]], Russia
|occupation  = [[Engineer]]
|time        = 1d 00h 17m
|selection   = [[List of astronauts by selection#1964|Civilian Specialist Group 1]]
|mission     = [[Voskhod 1]]
|awards      = [[Hero of the Soviet Union]]
|nationality=[[Soviet Union]] & [[Russia]]|alma_mater=[[Bauman Moscow Higher Technical School]]|othername=Rubin|caption=Feoktistov in 1964|native_name=Константин Феоктистов|native_name_lang=ru}}
[[Image:The Soviet Union 1964 CPA 3111 stamp (3-men Space Flight of Komarov, Yegorov and Feoktistov. Konstantin Feoktistov (1926-2009), a Soviet cosmonaut and an eminent space engineer).jpg|thumb|200px|1964 USSR postage stamp honouring Konstantin Feoktistov]]
'''Konstantin Petrovich Feoktistov''' ({{langx|ru|Константин Петрович Феоктистов}}; 7 February 1926 – 21 November 2009), was [[Russia|Russian]] engineer and a [[astronaut|cosmonaut]] in the former [[Soviet space program]]. 

As a cosmonaut Feoktistov flew on [[Voskhod 1]], the first spacecraft to carry three crew members.{{efn|Voskhod 1 was also the first spacecraft to carry ''more than one'' crew member, preceding the two-man flights of the American [[Gemini Program]].  Despite this, Voskhod 1 did not represent the first time that more than one human had been in space at the same time. This [[List of spaceflight records#Human spaceflight firsts|first occurred]] when [[Andriyan Nikolayev]] and [[Pavel Popovich]] simultaneously orbited Earth in separate spacecraft—[[Vostok 3]] and [[Vostok 4]], respectively.}}  Feoktistov also wrote several books on space technology and exploration. The [[Feoktistov (crater)|Feoktistov crater]] on the far side of the [[Moon]] is named in his honor.

== Biography ==
During the Nazi occupation of [[Voronezh]], at the age of just 16, Feoktistov fought with the [[Soviet Army]] against the [[World War II|German troops]], carrying out [[reconnaissance]] missions for the [[Voronezh Front]].<ref>{{citation |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8373161.stm |date=22 November 2009 |title=Former Soviet cosmonaut Konstantin Feoktistov dies |publisher=[[BBC News]] |access-date=29 November 2009}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|script-title=ru:Феоктистов Константин Петрович|url = http://www.warheroes.ru/hero/hero.asp?Hero_id=1813|website = www.warheroes.ru|access-date = 2015-12-24|language = ru|trans-title = Feoktistov Konstantin Pavlovich}}</ref> After being captured by a [[Waffen-SS]] Army patrol, Feoktistov was shot by a German officer. However, the bullet went right through his chin and neck and did not kill him. Feoktistov could crawl out later and then make his way to the Soviet lines.

After the war was over, Feoktistov enrolled in the [[Moscow State Technical University|Bauman Moscow Higher Technical School]] as an engineering student and he graduated in 1949. Feoktistov also later earned a doctorate in [[physics]]. He joined [[Mikhail Tikhonravov]]'s [[OKB]] (design bureau), and in 1955, Feoktistov formed part of the team that went on to design the [[Sputnik]] [[satellite]]s, the [[Vostok spacecraft|Vostok space capsule]], the [[Voskhod spacecraft|Voskhod space capsule]], and the [[Soyuz spacecraft|Soyuz space capsule]] under the leadership of the Soviet Chief Designer [[Sergey Korolev]]. During this time, Feoktistov also worked on a design for an [[ion thruster|ion-propelled]] spacecraft capable of taking humans to [[Mars]].

In 1964, Feoktistov was selected as part of a group of engineers for [[cosmonaut]] training, and in October of that same year, he was hastily assigned to the multi-disciplinary Voskhod 1 crew. He was the first civilian to make a space flight, and the only cosmonaut in the Soviet Union who was not a member of the [[CPSU|Communist Party of the Soviet Union]].<ref>[http://www.vesti.ru/doc.html?id=327199 Скончался космонавт Константин Феоктистов]. Vesti.ru (22 November 2009). Retrieved on 16 July 2014.</ref> He spent just over 24 hours and 17 minutes in space during his space flight.<ref>[http://www.astronaut.ru/as_rusia/energia/text/feoktistov.htm Константин Петрович Феоктистов]. Astronaut.ru. Retrieved on 16 July 2014.</ref>

After the flight of Voskhod 1, Feoktistov's training for any further [[manned space mission|space mission]] was discontinued for medical reasons. However, Feoktistov continued his outer space engineering work, and he later became the head of the Soviet space design bureau that designed the [[Salyut]] and [[Mir]] [[space station]]s.

In October 1969, Konstantin Feoktistov and Georgi Beregovoi traveled as guests of NASA throughout the US, visiting any city they chose and [[Disneyland]] in California – they were joined on the trip by US astronauts as hosts, including [[Eugene Cernan]], [[Neil Armstrong]] and others. [[Kirk Douglas]] and others hosted receptions for them in Hollywood – they were protected by special agents of the US State Department on request of NASA.  Almost every place they went when accompanied by Eugene Cernan, if a band was present  the song "[[Fly Me to the Moon]]" was played – when they visited Disneyland they enjoyed the ride Trip To The Moon, then joked with the US astronauts that they went to Disneyland and not the Moon.  It was a trip that all enjoyed and international friendships were made.
Feoktistov resigned from his engineering position with [[S.P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia|Energia]] and then returned to Bauman Moscow Higher Technical School as a professor in 1990.

==Honours and awards==
*[[Hero of the Soviet Union]]
*Title [[Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR]]
*[[Order of Lenin]]
*Two [[Order of the Patriotic War|Orders of the Patriotic War]] 1st class
*Two [[Order of the Red Banner of Labour|Orders of the Red Banner of Labour]]
*[[Order of the Badge of Honour]]
*[[Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"]]
*[[Medal "For the Development of Virgin Lands"]]
*[[USSR State Prize|State Prize of the USSR]]
*[[Lenin Prize]]
*[[Hero of Labor (Vietnam)|Hero of Socialist Labour (Vietnam)]]

==Note==
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==References==
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==Further reading==
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*{{citation |url=http://www.roscosmos.ru/main.php?id=2&nid=8297 |date=22 November 2009 |script-title=ru:Умер лётчик-космонавт СССР Феоктистов Константин Петрович |author=Roskosmos |access-date=7 April 2010 |language=ru |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100408194931/http://roscosmos.ru/main.php?id=2&nid=8297 |archive-date=8 April 2010 |df=dmy-all }}
*{{citation |url=http://www.lastingtribute.co.uk/tribute/feoktistov/3192833 |date=23 November 2009 |title=Konstantin Feoktistov |author=Associated Northcliffe Digital |access-date=29 November 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100201181958/http://www.lastingtribute.co.uk/tribute/feoktistov/3192833 |archive-date=1 February 2010}}
*{{citation |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/konstantin-feoktistov-cosmonaut-who-helped-set-a-space-altitude-record-on-voskhod-i-1829901.html |title=Konstantin Feoktistov: Cosmonaut who helped set a space altitude record on Voskhod I |date=28 November 2009 |journal=The Independent |author=Martin Childs |access-date=29 November 2009}}
* [http://epizodsspace.airbase.ru/bibl/chertok/kniga-1/01.html "Rockets and people"] – [[Boris Chertok|B. E. Chertok]], M: "mechanical engineering", 1999. {{ISBN|5-217-02942-0}} {{in lang|ru}}
* [[Arkady Ostashev|A.I. Ostashev]], ''Sergey Pavlovich Korolyov - The Genius of the 20th Century'' — 2010 M. of Public Educational Institution of Higher Professional Training MGUL {{ISBN|978-5-8135-0510-2}}.
* "S. P. Korolev. Encyclopedia of life and creativity" - edited by C. A. Lopota, [[S.P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia|RSC Energia. S. P. Korolev]], 2014 {{ISBN|978-5-906674-04-3}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20160304043952/http://www.baikonuradm.ru/index.php?mod=180 The official website of the city administration Baikonur - Honorary citizens of Baikonur]
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