The feat of remotely driving the unmanned Lunokhod lunar rover around the lunar surface must have seemed a bit beyond Soviet technology for some Muscovites. So an urban legend was put about that the diminutive Lunokhod was actually driven by a midget KGB agent on a one-way suicide mission to the lunar surface. How sufficient provisions were packed into the tiny rover during its eleven month mission was not explained...
Many thanks to Dietrich Haeseler, Jens Kieffer-Olsen, Dr. Elliott H. Haimoff, Larry Klaes, James Oberg, Sven Grahn, Colin Burgess, and Dwayne Allen Day for their assistance and suggestions.
Belokonyov Alexis Belokonyov. Phantom cosmonaut. . Died 15 May 1962.
Boris Chimp 504 Boris Chimp 504. Rocket engineer. . Died 20 July 1969.
Chen Long Chen Long. Phantom cosmonaut. .
Claggett Randy Claggett. Phantom cosmonaut. . Died May 1973.
Dolgov Piotr Dolgov. Phantom cosmonaut. . Died 11 October 1960.
Fedrov Igor Fedrov. Phantom cosmonaut. . Died December 1991.
FM-2 FM-2. Phantom cosmonaut. .
Frisbee Walter Frisbee. Ficticious astronaut. .
Grachev Grachev. Phantom cosmonaut. . Died 1960 or 1961.
Graciov Alexis Graciov. Phantom cosmonaut. . Died 28 November 1960.
Gromova Mirya Gromova. Phantom cosmonaut. . Died 1959.
Healey Roger Healey. Test pilot. .
Ilyushin Vladimir Sergeyevich Ilyushin. Test pilot. .
Istochnikov Ivan Istochnikov. Phantom cosmonaut. . Died 25 October 1968.
Ivanovich Ivan Ivanovich. Phantom cosmonaut. .
Kachur Ivan Kachur. Phantom cosmonaut. . Died 27 September 1960.
KGB Dwarf KGB Dwarf. Phantom cosmonaut. . Died October 1971.
Ledovskiy Aleksei Ledovskiy. Phantom cosmonaut. . Died November 1957.
Ludmila Ludmila. Phantom cosmonaut. . Died 23 May 1961.