Gherman Titov, born September 11, 1935 in the former Soviet Union, was the second human to orbit Earth. He flew on Vostok 2 in August 1961 and made 17 orbits, spending one night in orbit. He holds the dubious record for being the first person to throw up in space. At 25 years and 11 months, he is still the youngest person to go into space.
He continued with the Soviet space program but after the death of Yuri Gagarin, the Soviets decided they couldn't lose another cosmonaut and his career in space ended.
He passed away in September 2000 of cardiac arrest.
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