Sigmund Jähn
Known for
Acting
Life
1937 – 2019 (aged 82)
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.