August 6, 1961 at 6:00 AM UTC
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
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August 6, 1961 at 6:00 AM UTC
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Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan · 45.9200, 63.3420
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.
R-7 · K
Height
30.84 m
Diameter
2.99 m
LEO capacity
4,725 kg
Successful launches
11
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
The Baikonur Cosmodrome is a spaceport operated by Russia within Kazakhstan. Located in the Kazakh city of Baikonur, it is the largest operational space launch facility in terms of area. All Russian crewed spaceflights are launched from Baikonur.
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