Sigmund Jähn
Acting
1937-02-13
Morgenröthe-Rautenkranz, Saxony, German Reich
Died: 2019-09-21
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.
