Gherman Titov

:German Titov redirects here. For other uses, see German Titov (disambiguation).

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Gherman Stepanovich Titov (Russian: ?????? ?????????? ?????; September 11, 1935, Verhnee Zhilino – September 20, 2000, Moscow) was a Soviet cosmonaut and the second person to orbit the Earth.

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Russian - September 11 - 1935 - Verhnee Zhilino - September 20 - 2000 - Moscow - Soviet - Cosmonaut

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After graduating as an air force pilot, he was selected for cosmonaut training in 1960, and from there was chosen to fly the Vostok 2 mission launched in August the following year. His call sign in this flight was Eagle (Russian: ????). A month short of 26 years old at launch, he remains the youngest person to fly in space.

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1960 - Vostok 2 - Eagle - Russian

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In August 1961, he was the first person to suffer from "space sickness" (i.e. motion sickness in space).

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Following his spaceflight, Titov went on to assume various senior positions in the Soviet space programme until his retirement in 1992. In 1995 he was elected to the State Duma as a member of the Communist Party.

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1992 - 1995 - State Duma - Communist Party

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He died of a heart attack in his sauna at age 65.

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Gherman Titov was awarded two Orders of Lenin, numerous medals, and foreign orders. He was also bestowed a title of the Hero of Socialist Labor of Bulgaria, Hero of Labor of Vietnam, and Hero of Mongolia. A crater on the far side of the Moon is named after Titov.

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Orders of Lenin - Hero of Socialist Labor of Bulgaria - Hero of Labor of Vietnam - Hero of Mongolia - Crater - Far side of the Moon

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Quote: "I believe in man — in his strength, his possibilities, and his reason."

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