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Also known as Sigmund Werner Paul Jähn, Sigmund Jahn

East German cosmonaut (1937–2019)

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Works
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  • Erlebnis Weltraum

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Type
Person
Gender
Male
Active from
1937
Active to
2019

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Total plays
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Key facts

Born
Sigmund Werner Paul Jähn , ( 1937-02-13 ) 13 February 1937, Morgenröthe-Rautenkranz , Saxony , Third Reich
Died
21 September 2019 (2019-09-21) (aged 82), Strausberg , Brandenburg , Germany
Occupation
Pilot
Awards
Hero of the German Democratic Republic Hero of the Soviet Union Fliegerkosmonaut der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik
Rank
Generalmajor , Air Forces of the National People's Army
Time in space
7d 20h 49m
Selection
1976 Intercosmos Group
Missions
Soyuz 31 / Soyuz 29

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Encyclopedic overview

Sigmund Werner Paul Jähn ( German: [jɛ: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. He was the first German to fly into space as part of the Soviet Union's Interkosmos program in 1978.

He was the very last living East German holder of the title Hero of the German Democratic Republic when he died in 2019.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sigmund Jähn” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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