Vostok-K | Vostok 2

Name: Vostok-K | Vostok 2
Start: 1961-08-06T06:00:00Z
Location: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

The second crewed space launch carrying the Soviet cosmonaut Gherman Titov to orbit. The mission lasted 25 hours and 18 minutes and completed 17.5 orbits. He remains the youngest person to reach space, being a month short of 26 at the time of the launch.

Mission Details

Launch date: August 6, 1961 at 06:00 AM UTC
Launch vehicle: Vostok
Operator: Soviet Space Program
Launch site: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Mission type: Human Exploration