Sigmund Jähn

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Birthday

February 13, 1937

Place of Birth

Morgenröthe-Rautenkranz, Saxony, German Reich

Died

September 21, 2019

Sigmund Jähn

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.