VOSTOK 2
1961 TAU 1
Crew: 1 CDR - Gherman Titov
Launch 6 August 1961 @ 0600 UT
Orbital incl: 64.93
Max alt: 257 km.
Orbits: 16
Dur: 1:00:11:00
Landing: 7 August 1961 @ 0611:00 UT
The second flight of Vostok was piloted by Gherman Titov, currently still the youngest
person in space, at age 25 years, 311 days. It is widely believed that he also became
the first person to get "space sick." Originally, his mission was planned by Korelov to
be only 3 orbits. But, the Kremlin - Krushchyev, in particular - wanted space
spectaculars. So, Titov was sent up for one day. Although his reports of being space sick
have not been confirmed, one can only wonder what Korelov and mission control
thought when their first pilot to stay up a day became ill.
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