Sigmund Jähn

Sigmund Jähn

Acting
2/13/1937 - 9/21/2019

Born in: Morgenröthe-Rautenkranz, Saxony, German Reich

Biography

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.