[PAR] [TLE] Vostok 2 [SEP] Vostok 2 (Russian: Восток-2 , "Orient 2" or "East 2") was a Soviet space mission which carried cosmonaut Gherman Titov into orbit for a full day on August 6, 1961 to study the effects of a more prolonged period of weightlessness on the human body.  Titov orbited the Earth over 17 times, exceeding the single orbit of Yuri Gagarin on Vostok 1 − as well as the suborbital spaceflights of American astronauts Alan Shepard and Gus Grissom aboard their respective Mercury-Redstone 3 and 4 missions.  Indeed, Titov's number of orbits and flight time would not be surpassed by an American astronaut until Gordon Cooper's Mercury-Atlas 9 spaceflight in May 1963. [PAR] [TLE] Gordon Cooper [SEP] Leroy Gordon "Gordo" Cooper Jr. (March 6, 1927 – October 4, 2004), (Col, USAF), better known as Gordon Cooper, was an American aerospace engineer, test pilot, United States Air Force pilot, and one of the seven original astronauts in Project Mercury, the first manned space program of the United States.
[PAR] [TLE] Vostok 2 [ SEP ] Vostok 2 ( Russian : Восток-2 , " Orient 2 " or " East 2 " ) was a Soviet space mission which carried cosmonaut Gherman Titov into orbit for a full day on August 6 , 1961 to study the effects of a more prolonged period of weightlessness on the human body . Titov orbited the Earth over 17 times , exceeding the single orbit of Yuri Gagarin on Vostok 1 − as well as the suborbital spaceflights of American astronauts Alan Shepard and Gus Grissom aboard their respective Mercury - Redstone 3 and 4 missions . Indeed , Titov 's number of orbits and flight time would not be surpassed by an American astronaut until Gordon Cooper 's Mercury - Atlas 9 spaceflight in May 1963 . [PAR] [TLE] Gordon Cooper [ SEP ] Leroy Gordon " Gordo " Cooper Jr. ( March 6 , 1927 – October 4 , 2004 ) , ( Col , USAF ) , better known as Gordon Cooper , was an American aerospace engineer , test pilot , United States Air Force pilot , and one of the seven original astronauts in Project Mercury , the first manned space program of the United States .
Vostok 2, was a Soviet space mission which carried cosmonaut Gherman Titov into orbit for a full day on which date, Titov's number of orbits and flight time would be surpassed, until by American astronaut Gordon Cooper's Mercury-Atlas 9 spaceflight in May 1963?
Vostok 2 , was a Soviet space mission which carried cosmonaut Gherman Titov into orbit for a full day on which date , Titov 's number of orbits and flight time would be surpassed , until by American astronaut Gordon Cooper 's Mercury - Atlas 9 spaceflight in May 1963 ?
August 6, 1961
August 6, 1961