Feoktistov is a brief biography

Born on February 7 in the city of Voronezh in the family of an employee. During the Great Patriotic War, after the end of the nine grades in July, he volunteered for the front. He was a scout of the headquarters of the military unit of the Voronezh front. In the same year, when performing a combat mission in the rear of the enemy, he fell into the hands of the SS men and was shot, but miraculously survived.

Having cured after the wound, in the year he graduated with honors from 10 classes in the city of Kokand of the Ferghana region of Uzbekistan, and in the year the faculty of thermal and hydraulic machines of the Moscow Higher Technical School named after N. after defending the diploma project was appointed to the SCB of the city of Zlatoust, the Chelyabinsk Region, where he worked as an engineer of the design bureau of the KB, the mechanic of the workshop, the head of the proletus, the head The designer acting as the chief designer of the KB was elected secretary of the Komsomol committee, a member of the Bureau of the Komsomol district committee, senior engineer, and the head of the group.

From here he went to the internship for the future chief designer of Soviet spacecraft S. Korolev and entered the graduate school of the reactive institute. From the year he worked at the Research Institute-4 pos. Bolshevo, Moscow Region - graduate student, junior researcher, senior researcher. In the year he defended his thesis for the degree of candidate of technical sciences. Korolev, where he participated in the development of the first artificial Earth satellite.

He was the head of the group, from February 14 - the head of the sector, from June 14 - the acting deputy head of the department and at the same time the head of the sector, from January 12 - the head of the 9th OKB department after the formation of the cosmonauts detachment, taught the first cosmonauts a course of lectures on the structure of the Vostok spacecraft.

Since July 20, the deputy head of the 3rd department, the head of the sector, the leading designer. Since September 1, deputy chief of the department, head of the sector. Since the year, K. Feoktistov - in the detachment of Soviet astronauts. Feoktistov, as a researcher-cosmonaut, together with the commander of the spacecraft by V. Komarov and cosmonaut B. Egorov, on the multi-seater spacecraft “Sunrise” made an orbital space flight around the ground for the first time-without spacesuits.

The flight duration was 1 day 17 minutes 3 seconds. It was the world's first spaceship flight with a crew of three people. For the first time, a soft landing of KC on the ground was worked out. The scientific research program, designed for one day of flight, was fully implemented. Valuable material was obtained about the flight of the crew consisting of astronauts of various specialties.

For the first time, research scientists directly monitored and study of space space. In particular, K. Feoktistov studied the optical characteristics of the atmosphere, and most importantly, he experienced new devices of the orientation system, control and control of on -board equipment. He continued to work in OKB -1 subsequently called the Central Design Bureau of Experimental Engineering, NPO Energia, RSC Energia, from August 16 - deputy head of the department, head of the sector, deputy head of the complex, and supervisor - deputy chief designer.

From the year - deputy chief designer, from the year - the instructor -cosmonaut -test - deputy chief designer, from October - deputy chief designer. He participated in the design developments of lunar ships 11F93 and 11F in the years - professor and head of the department of Moscow State Technical University named after N. He is the author of many scientific works and books on the history of astronautics.

It has more scientific works and 20 inventions. Feoktistov was the first civilian cosmonaut and the only non -partisan flight in the history of Soviet cosmonautics. He was the first designer of spaceships to test his brainchild "in business." He lived in the city of Gero Moscow. He died on November 21. He was buried at the Troekurovsky cemetery in Moscow. Colonel-engineer of the reserve.

The Hero of Labor of the Democratic Republic Vietnam 6 was awarded the Order of Lenin.

Awarded the Gold Medal named after K. Polik-cosmonaut of the USSR Honorary Citizen of Kaluga by the name of K. Author: “On Spaces”, in co-authorship; "Space devices", in co -authorship; “Seven steps to the sky”; “Space technique. Development prospects ”; "Life trajectory"; "Recipienting and the thoughts of the astronaut-researchist"