Konstantin Petovich Feoktistov
From The Space Library
Konstantin Petovich Feoktistov; civilian; born February 26, 1929, Voronezh; married, one child. Graduated from the Bauman Higher Technical School in Moscow with a master of science degree in engineering (1949) and now holds the degree of doctor of technical sciences. He became a cosmonaut in 1964 and was the technical scientist of Voskhod 1. Dr. Feoktistov has since returned to high-level engineering and he played a major role in designing the Salyut space stations.