Human Spaceflights

International Flight-No. 2

Vostok 2

Oryol

USSR

Patch Vostok 2

Launch, orbit and landing data

Launch date:  06.08.1961
Launch time:  06:00 UT
Launch site:  Baikonur
Launch pad:  1
Altitude:  183 - 244 km
Inclination:  64,93°
Landing date:  07.08.1961
Landing time:  07:18 UT
Landing site:  70 km SE of Engels
German Titov

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Crew

No.   Surname Given names Job Flight No. Duration Orbits
1 USSR  Titov  German Stepanovich  Pilot Cosmonaut 1 1d 01h 18m  17 

Crew seating arrangement

1  Titov
Vostok

1. Double Crew

No.   Surname Given names Job
1 USSR  Nikolayev  Andriyan Grigoriyevich  Pilot Cosmonaut
Andriyan Nikolayev

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2. Double Crew

No.   Surname Given names Job
1 USSR  Nelyubov  Grigori Grigoriyevich  Pilot Cosmonaut
Grigori Nelyubov

Flight

Second human spaceflight; launch in Baikonur; landing 70 km southeast of Engels (5 - 10 km north of Krasny Kut).

Unlike to Gagarin with Vostok 1 Titov took over with manual control of the spacecraft, but only for a while. Looking through the porthole of the capsule, he made a video-film 10 minutes long. Titov was able to sleep a few hours during the spaceflight, although he went through some inconveniencies such as an unknown space sickness and problems with a malfunctioning heater.

The re-entry module failed to separate smoothly from its service module, but after several connecting pieces burned down during re-entry, the capsule recovered a stable attitude. As planned, Titov left the capsule with a catapult seat.

Even today is Titov the ever youngest human in space during his spaceflight.

Photos / Drawings

Vostok spaceship Vostok rocket
Vostok reentry Titov on launch pad
Vostok 2 launch  

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