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Gherman Stepanovich Titov (Russian: Герман Степанович Титов; 11 September 1935 – 20 September 2000) was a Soviet and Russian cosmonaut who, on 6 August 1961, became the second human to orbit the Earth, aboard Vostok 2, preceded by Yuri Gagarin on Vostok 1.
Gherman Stepanovich Titov was a Soviet cosmonaut who piloted the Vostok 2 spacecraft, launched on August 6, 1961, on the first manned spaceflight of more than a single orbit; Yury Gagarin had made the first orbit of Earth on April 12, 1961.
Gherman Stepanovich Titov. 1935-Soviet cosmonaut who was the first human to spend an entire day in orbit. Titov's flight, originally scheduled for three orbits, was extended to seventeen in order to break the 24-hour mark. Titov made the first television broadcasts from space, giving a "tour" of the cabin and commenting on the sights below.
May 16, 2016 · And this reality is best understood through the story of Gherman Stepanovich Titov, the Soviet Union's second man in space. Decades before astronauts and cosmonauts made months-long...
Aug 16, 2021 · Soviet Air Force Major Gherman Titov became the second person in orbit, spending an entire day circling the Earth in 1961. Since he was able to sleep in space, it proved humans could not only work in the weightless environment, but live there too. However, in doing so, Titov also became the first to oversleep in space.
May 3, 2022 · In May 1962, Soviet cosmonaut Gherman S. Titov, who completed the one-day Vostok 2 mission the previous August, visited the United States on a 12-day tour.
Sep 22, 2000 · Gen. Gherman Stepanovich Titov, a fighter pilot who in 1961 became the second Russian to fly in space and the first man to sleep there, died on Wednesday while taking a sauna in his apartment...
Gherman Stepanovich Titov was a Soviet and Russian 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.
Soviet cosmonaut Gherman Titov piloted the Vostok 2 spacecraft, launched on Aug. 6, 1961, on the first manned spaceflight of more than a single orbit. Fellow cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin had made the first orbit of Earth on April 12, 1961.
Sep 22, 2000 · Russia’s towering cosmonaut hero Gherman S. Titov, the second man in orbit and the first to stay in space more than a day, died Wednesday while taking a sauna in his Moscow apartment. He was...
