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Who were the first 10 people in Space?

#4. Gherman Stepanovich Titov

President John F. Kennedy visits with Russian cosmonaut Major Gherman S. Titov (right) and American astronaut Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr. (left). West Wing Colonnade, White House, Washington, D.C., Date3 May 1962 – Author : Cecil Stoughton. White House Photographs

Gherman Stepanovich Titov was the fourth person to reach space and the second to orbit Earth. His ship was named, Vostok 2.

At the time, Titov was the youngest person to fly in space, and held the record until the recent Blue Origin flight July, 20th 2021 where Oliver Daemen became the youngest to reach space at age 18. Titov remains the youngest person to have orbited Earth.