Status
Launch Successful
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Description
The second crewed space launch carrying the Soviet cosmonaut Gherman Titov to orbit. The mission lasted 25 hours and 18 minutes and completed 17.5 orbits. He remains the youngest person to reach space, being a month short of 26 at the time of the launch.
Details
Type
Human Exploration
Orbit
Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
Location
Unknown
Date
Sun, Aug 6, 1961, 06:00
Weather
Pro