'''Konstantin Petrovich Feoktistov''' (Russian: Константин Петрович Феоктистов; born February 7, 1926 in Voronezh) was a cosmonaut and space engineer.

Feoktistov served in the Red Army in World War II and narrowly avoided death after being captured by the Wehrmacht. Commanded to stand at the edge of a pit, he was to be executed by...(continue reading)