1961 Vostok 2 Russian Soviet Union Space Mission Rocket Launch Pin Badge

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View 1961 Vostok 2 Russian Soviet Union Space Mission Rocket Launch Pin Badge with current marketplace pricing, condition, product images and item details. Featuring a rocket blasting into space over the red coloured Soviet flag and the mission date 6th August 1961. This is a very pretty 1961, Vostok 2 pin badge celebrating the successful launch of Vostok 2. A gold coloured metal badge, the badge face is 2cm high and has a clasp style fastener to the rear. Featuring a rocket blasting into space over the red coloured Soviet flag and the mission date 6th August 1961. Vostok 2 was a Soviet space mission which carried cosmonaut Gherman Titov into orbit for a full day in order to study the effects of a more prolonged period of weightlessness on the human body. Unlike Yuri Gagarin on Vostok 1, Titov took manual control of the spacecraft for a short while and managed not to crash it into anything. The flight was an almost complete success, marred only by a bout of space sickness, a malfunctioning heater that allowed the inside temperature to drop to 6.1 °C [43 °F], and a troublesome re-entry when the re-entry module failed to separate cleanly from its service module. Titov remains the youngest person to reach space. He was a month short of 26 years old at launch. Condition: Used. Category: Collectibles › Historical Memorabilia › Astronauts & Space Travel › Russian & Soviet Program.