Sigmund Jähn

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1937-02-13 (82 years old)

Deathday

2019-09-21

Place of Birth

Morgenröthe-Rautenkranz, Saxony, German Reich

Sigmund Jähn

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.

Acting

1980

1970

Keiner wird als Held geboren

as Self (archive footage)

2010

2017

Sigmund Jähn - Der erste Deutsche im All

as Self - Interviewee and Portrait Subject

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