Sigmund Jahn was an East German Air Force pilot who became the first German citizen to fly in space, launching aboard a Soviet Soyuz spacecraft in August 1978 as part of the Interkosmos program to the Salyut 6 space station. He spent about eight days in orbit conducting joint Soviet-East German scientific experiments, and after German reunification he went on to advise the European Space Agency and later worked with the German space agency on cosmonaut and astronaut training matters.
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1937-02-13
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In Group: Guest Cosmonauts of Partner Nations, Lead sentence
Sigmund Werner Paul Jähn (German: [jÉ›:n]; 13 February 1937-21 September 2019) was a German pilot, cosmonaut, and Generalmajor (equivalent to a Brigadier General in Western armies) in the National People's Army of the GDR.
Operated By: Interkosmos, Article text: agency link
He was the first German to fly into space as part of the Soviet Union's Interkosmos program in 1978.
Associated With: Soviet space program, Article text: associated organization
He was the first German to fly into space as part of the Soviet Union's Interkosmos program in 1978.
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