Vostok 2
Vostok 2 carried Gherman Titov on the second human orbital spaceflight and the first to last more than a day. During 17 orbits Titov slept, ate, worked, briefly controlled the spacecraft manually, experienced the first documented space sickness, and made the first motion-picture images of Earth from orbit before a safe return near Krasny Kut.
Follow this mission
Alerts are unavailable because this mission is no longer active.
Identity
- Aliases
- Vostok-2Oryol
- Name
- Vostok 2
- Status
- completed
Details
- Astronauts
- Description
- Vostok 2 carried Gherman Titov on the second human orbital spaceflight and the first to last more than a day. During 17 orbits Titov slept, ate, worked, briefly controlled the spacecraft manually, experienced the first documented space sickness, and made the first motion-picture images of Earth from orbit before a safe return near Krasny Kut.
- End Date
- 1961-08-07
- Launch Site
- Outcome
- Success
- Programs
- Start Date
- 1961-08-06
- Vehicle Families
Links
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- July 13, 2026 at 12:52:23 UTC
- Updated Time
- July 29, 2026 at 08:53:52 UTC
Other
- Affiliations
- Search Name
- Vostok 2 Vostok-2 Oryol
- Space Stations
- -
- Vehicles