Vostok 2
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Vostok 2 was a Soviet crewed spaceflight in 1961 that carried cosmonaut Gherman Titov into orbit, becoming the second human spaceflight in history.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Vostok programme mission
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crewed spaceflight ⓘ |
| callSign | Oryol NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capsuleLanding | landed in the Soviet Union ⓘ |
| capsuleType | Vostok descent module NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chiefDesigner | Sergei Korolev NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cosmonaut | Gherman Titov NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cosmonautNationality | Soviet ⓘ |
| country | USSR NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| crewAgeAtLaunch | Gherman Titov was 25 years old NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| crewCallsGhermanTitovRole | pilot-cosmonaut ⓘ |
| crewEjection | cosmonaut ejected and landed by parachute ⓘ |
| crewLandingMethod | parachute landing separate from capsule ⓘ |
| crewLanguage | Russian ⓘ |
| crewMember | Gherman Titov NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| crewSize | 1 ⓘ |
| crewStatus | single-crew mission ⓘ |
| followedBy | Vostok 3 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
first day-long human spaceflight
ⓘ
second human spaceflight in history ⓘ |
| landingDate | 1961-08-07 ⓘ |
| launchComplex | Baikonur Site 1/5 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchDate | 1961-08-06 ⓘ |
| launchSite | Baikonur Cosmodrome NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchVehicle | Vostok-K rocket NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| missionDuration | about 25 hours ⓘ |
| missionObjective |
long-duration human spaceflight
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study effects of prolonged weightlessness ⓘ test spacecraft systems over multiple orbits ⓘ |
| missionOutcome | success ⓘ |
| missionType | orbital flight ⓘ |
| notableCrewFact | Gherman Titov became the second human in orbit GENERATED ⓘ |
| operator | Soviet Union NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| orbitsCompleted | 17 ⓘ |
| orbitType | low Earth orbit ⓘ |
| precededBy | Vostok 1 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| program | Vostok programme NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| returnType | capsule reentry ⓘ |
| spaceAgency | Soviet space program NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spacecraft | Vostok 3KA NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spacecraftManufacturer | OKB-1 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spacecraftSeries | Vostok 3KA-4 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spaceFirst |
first person to experience space sickness
ⓘ
first person to sleep in space ⓘ |
| spaceRaceContext | early Cold War space race ⓘ |
| spaceTraveler | Gherman Titov NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| yearOfSpaceflight | 1961 ⓘ |
| youngestPersonInOrbitAtTheTime | Gherman Titov NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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