Sigmund Jähn

Known for Acting

Sigmund Jähn's portrait

Details

Birthday: February 13, 1937

Deathday: September 21, 2019

Place of birth: 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.