Gherman Titov

Also known as German Titov, German Stepanovich Titov, Gherman Stepanovich Titov

Soviet cosmonaut (1935-2000)

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Gherman Titov was a Soviet astronaut who became the second person ever to travel to space, orbiting Earth in 1961 just months after Yuri Gagarin's historic first spaceflight. His mission is significant because it demonstrated that human spaceflight was reproducible and safe enough to send another person into orbit so quickly.

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Film & TV

Verkhneye Zhilino, West Siberian Krai, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union

Known for

Загадки века с Сергеем Медведевым — Self (archive footage)2016
Conquering Space: The Moon and Beyond — Self - Soviet Cosmonaut (archive footage)2005
State of Weightlessness — Self1994
Ten Years of the Space Age — Self1967
Brothers in Stars — Self1962
Космонавт-два в США — Self1962
To The Stars Again — Self1961

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Instance of: human
Gender: male
Citizenship: Russia
Place of birth: Verkh-Zhilino
Place of death: Moscow
Occupation: scientist
Educated at: Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia
Political party: Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Languages spoken: Russian
Award: Friendship Order
Participant in: 22nd Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Military rank: Guards unit
Image: Gherman Titov (1962).jpg
Work location: Moscow

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place of burial: Novodevichy Cemetery
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Commons category: Gherman Titov
date of birth: 1935-09-13
date of death: 2000-09-20
P450: Vostok 2
time in space: 1518
cause of death: heart failure
allegiance: Soviet Union
different from: Vladimir Titov
member of: First group of Soviet cosmonauts
manner of death: natural causes

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Encyclopedic overview

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. He was the fourth person in space, counting suborbital voyages of US astronauts Alan Shepard and Gus Grissom. Born in Altai Krai in western Siberia, Titov was the first spacefarer born in Asia. At 25 years old at launch, he remains the youngest professional astronaut and the youngest person to fly in Earth orbit.

Titov's flight proved that humans could live and work in space. He was the first person to orbit the Earth multiple times (a total of 17 orbits) and to spend more than a day in space. He was also the first to sleep in orbit and to suffer from space sickness (becoming the first person to vomit in space). Titov captured the first photos of Earth from space taken by a human. He also was the first spacefarer to film the Earth, using a professional Konvas-Avtomat movie camera for ten minutes.

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