Published on July 11, 2018

This Day In Space — August 6

Four months after Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space another Soviet cosmonaut made history
On August 6, 1961 Gherman Titov began a 25-hour journey aboard the Vostok II spacecraft
He was the first man to sleep in space
But he is best remembered for another reason:
Just 25 years old at launch he still remains today the youngest person ever to fly to space.