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: 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. Gordon Cooper: 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.
August 6, 1961