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Norki Destination Guide

Touring Norki in Russia

Norki in the region of Saratov is a city located in Russia - some 509 mi or ( 819 km ) South-East of Moscow , the country's capital city .

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Time in Norki is now 12:35 PM (Wednesday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/Volgograd " with a UTC offset of 4 hours. Depending on your travel resources, these more prominent places might be interesting for you: Volgograd, Ul'yanovsk, Solyanka, Saratov, and Saransk. Being here already, consider visiting Volgograd . Check out our recommendations for Norki ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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Interesting facts about this location

Vostok 2

Vostok 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. Titov orbited the Earth over 17 times, exceeding the single orbit of Yuri Gagarin on Vostok 1 − as well as the suborbital spaceflights of American astronauts Alan Shepard and Gus Grissom aboard their respective Mercury-Redstone 3 and 4 missions.

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Located at 50.85 47.02 (Lat./Long.); Less than 10 km away
Tags: 1961 in spaceflight, 1961 in the Soviet Union, Human spaceflights, Spacecraft which reentered in 1961, Vostok programme