Astronauts selected and flown by (West and, later, reunified) Germany's national program and, from the 1990s, the European Space Agency's astronaut corps representing Germany. Belongs here: any career German astronaut selected through the national program or ESA. Does not belong here: the East German cosmonaut who flew as a Soviet Intercosmos guest before reunification, grouped under International Partner and Guest Astronauts, since that flight represented a different national program from the one this subcategory groups.
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1. Wikipedia: Sigmund Jahn
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He was the first German to fly into space as part of the Soviet Union's Interkosmos program in 1978.
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