Gagarin's flight into space went very well, and April 12, 1961 became a triumphant day for astronautics and for the USSR. To consolidate the success and obtain new results that could be useful to astronomers and space technology engineers, it was soon decided to send a new astronaut into orbit.
At first, German Stepanovich Titov was only an understudy for Yuri Gagarin, and this weighed down on him. However, he hoped that he could go into space in the Vostok spacecraft and become the first human in the world to reach Earth's orbit. These hopes were not justified, and Gagarin became the first cosmonaut. However, soon in the USSR they began to prepare a second flight, and this time German Titov was supposed to make it.
On August 6, 1961, the Vostok-2 spacecraft went into space, piloted by German Stepanovich Titov. Since he was only 25 years old, he was able to become the youngest astronaut to enter Earth's orbit. Moreover, he also set a record for the duration of his stay in space: he spent 25 hours and 11 minutes in orbit, moreover, during this time he managed to fly around the planet 17 times. So Titov became the first cosmonaut to complete a daily flight.
Due to the fact that German Titov spent a lot of time in space, it was found that a person is able to work and live on a spacecraft without experiencing too much inconvenience. The astronaut managed to take several photographs of the planet, eat and sleep, and only then returned back to Earth. Moreover, since there were no space alarms on Vostok-2, Titov not only slept, but even slept and did not get in touch on time.
When analyzing the flight results, the scientists took into account the fact that after the first orbit around the Earth, Titov felt very bad, and his health did not return to normal for a long time. Thanks to the study of this fact and the peculiarities of the cosmonaut's life on board, it was possible to create more comfortable conditions for working in open space.
On August 9, 3 days after the start of the flight, German Titov was declared a Hero of the Soviet Union, received the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star medal. He connected his life with astronautics and aviation, held high posts in the USSR Ministry of Defense and resigned only in 1992.
