Feoktistov

Personal data:

Birthdate:  07 Feb 1926 Birthplace:  Voronezh / Voronezh Oblast / RUSSIA Marital status:  married Children:  four Selection date:  11 June 1964 Selection group:  Voskhod-1 / TsKBEM-1 Job:  Test Cosmonaut (TC), Research cosmonaut Status:  Ret. 28 Oct 1987 Date of death:  22 Nov 2009 Place of death:  Moscow / Russian Federation

Handsigned spacesuit portrait

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Additional information

• Graduated from E.N.Bauman Moscow Higher Technical School (MVTU); engineer; doctorate degree in physics; professor; was assigned for Soyuz T3, but was grounded a few days before start because of medical problems.
• He was also supposed to fly a long duration mission to Salyut 7 in 1984, serving as a doctor in an "old-age-mission" to keep a close eye on his health, but he was bumped from the flight in 1983 due to a chronic illness that suddenly became acute; he joined NPO Energiya until 1990; then he served as professor at E.N.Bauman Moscow Higher Technical School (MVTU); later retired.