1. Gherman Stepanovich Titov 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.
21 Facts About Gherman Titov
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Gherman Titov was the fourth person in space, counting suborbital voyages of US astronauts Alan Shepard and Gus Grissom.
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Since Daemen flew a suborbital mission, Titov remains the youngest person to fly in Earth orbit.
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Gherman Titov was the first person to orbit the Earth multiple times, the first to pilot a spaceship and to spend more than a day in space.
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Gherman Titov was the first to sleep in orbit and to suffer from space sickness.
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Gherman Titov was the first human photographer in space: he made the first manual photographs from orbit, thus setting a record for modern first photos of Earth from space by a human.
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Gherman Titov was the first person to film the Earth using a professional quality Konvas-Avtomat movie camera, which he used for ten minutes.
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Gherman Titov served in the Soviet Air Force, attaining the rank of colonel-general.
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Gherman Titov was born in the village of Verkhneye Zhilino in the Altai Krai and went to school at the Stalingrad Military Aviation School.
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Gherman Titov flew the Vostok 2 mission launched on 6 August 1961.
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Gherman Titov landed close to the town of Krasny Kut in Saratov Oblast, Russia.
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Gherman Titov was a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, as were almost all the Soviet cosmonauts.
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Gherman Titov was a gymnastics enthusiast, Andriyan Nikolayev liked skiing, Pavel Popovich went in for weight lifting.
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Gherman Titov was the first person to suffer from space sickness and was the first person to sleep in space.
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Gherman Titov slept for roughly one orbit and was surprised to wake with his arms floating in the air because of the absence of normal gravity.
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Gherman Titov returned to sleep after he had his arms under a security belt and slept 30 minutes more than predicted by the flight plan.
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Gherman Titov's celebration is described as "a fit of euphoria" after landing, and on his return flight to Kubishev for debriefing, he alarmed the medical staff by opening and downing a beer, in complete violation of the rules.
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Gherman Titov is reported to have been enthralled in his love of women, excessive drinking, and fast cars, which caused some to theorise that his behaviour had potentially been another side effect of the space sickness he experienced from zero gravity.
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Gherman Titov was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union, two Orders of Lenin, and numerous medals and foreign orders.
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Gherman Titov was bestowed the title of the Hero of Socialist Labor of Bulgaria, Hero of Labour of Viet Nam and Hero of Mongolia.
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On 6 August 2011, the 50th anniversary of Titov's flight, the reconstructed and expanded Gherman Titov Museum was opened in his native village of Polkovnikovo, Altai Krai.