Gherman Titov
Russian - ( RFSA)
Deceased
Date of Birth: Sept. 11, 1935
Date of Death: Sept. 20, 2000
Gherman Stepanovich Titov (Russian: Герман Степанович Титов; 11 September 1935 – 20 September 2000) was a Soviet cosmonaut who, on 6 August 1961, became the second human to orbit the Earth, aboard Vostok 2, preceded by Yuri Gagarin on Vostok 1. He was the fourth person in space, counting suborbital voyages of US astronauts Alan Shepard and Gus Grissom.
Vostok-K | Vostok 2
Soviet Space Program | RUSBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Aug. 6, 1961, 6 a.m.
Status: Success
Mission: Human Exploration
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Low Earth Orbit
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