Gherman Titov

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Gherman Titov was a Soviet cosmonaut who became the second human to orbit the Earth and the youngest person ever to fly in space.

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instanceOf aviator
cosmonaut
human
military officer
ageAtFirstSpaceflight 25
awardReceived Hero of the Soviet Union NERFINISHED
Order of Lenin
Order of the Red Star NERFINISHED
burialPlace Novodevichy Cemetery NERFINISHED
causeOfDeath heart attack
countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
dateOfBirth 1935-09-11
dateOfDeath 2000-09-20
education Stalingrad Military Aviation School NERFINISHED
era Space Race NERFINISHED
familyName Titov NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork human spaceflight
followedBy Andriyan Nikolayev NERFINISHED
givenName Gherman NERFINISHED
languageSpoken Russian
memberOf Soviet Air Force Cosmonaut Corps NERFINISHED
militaryBranch Soviet Air Forces NERFINISHED
militaryRank Major General
nationality Soviet
nativeName Герман Степанович Титов NERFINISHED
notableFor second human to orbit the Earth
youngest person to fly in space at time of flight
numberOfOrbits 17
occupation cosmonaut
military officer
test pilot
partOf Vostok programme NERFINISHED
performedFirst long-duration human spaceflight
manual orientation of spacecraft in orbit by a human
placeOfBirth Verkhneye Zhilino, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Moscow, Russia NERFINISHED
politicalAffiliation Communist Party of the Soviet Union NERFINISHED
precededBy Yuri Gagarin NERFINISHED
sexOrGender male
spacecraft Vostok 2 spacecraft NERFINISHED
spaceflightEndDate 1961-08-07
spaceflightStartDate 1961-08-06
spaceMission Vostok 2 NERFINISHED
spouse Tamara Titova NERFINISHED
timeInSpace about 25 hours
wasOnBoard Vostok 2 NERFINISHED

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Vostok programme astronaut Gherman Titov
subject surface form: Vostok 2
Vostok spacecraft carried Gherman Titov