Sigmund Jähn

    Sigmund Jähn

    February 13, 1937 (87 years old) in Morgenröthe-Rautenkranz, Saxony, German Reich

    Sigmund Werner Paul Jähn (13 February 1937 – 21 September 2019) was a German cosmonaut and pilot who in 1978 became the first German to fly into space as part of the Soviet Union's Interkosmos programme.

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