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Sigmund Jähn
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East German cosmonaut (1937–2019)
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Sigmund Werner Paul Jähn was a German astronaut, fighter pilot, printer, and aircraft pilot. Born on February 13, 1937, in Morgenröthe-Rautenkranz, he held citizenship in the German Democratic Republic and Germany. He served as a member of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany and attained the military ranks of colonel and major general. His employers included the Kasernierte Volkspolizei, the National People's Army, the German Aerospace Center, and the European Space Agency.
Jähn received several high honors, including the Hero of the Soviet Union, the Order of Lenin, the Order of Karl Marx, and the Gold medal with hero rank of GDR. He was a member of the Leibniz Society of Sciences and spoke German, Russian, and the Vogtländisch dialect. Educated at the Gagarin Air Force Academy, he earned a diploma and a doctorate. He spent 11329 units of time in space.
His published work includes *Erlebnis Weltraum*. Jähn died on September 21, 2019.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Erlebnis Weltraum
via Open Library + Wikidata
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 1
- Total plays
- 10
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- 2019 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of chronic coronary syndromes
· 2019 · cited 6,000x
- Worldwide trends in body-mass index, underweight, overweight, and obesity from 1975 to 2016: a pooled analysis of 2416 population-based measurement studies in 128·9 million children, adolescents, and adults
· 2017 · cited 5,580x
- 2018 ESC/EACTS Guidelines on myocardial revascularization
· 2018 · cited 5,566x
- The Immune Landscape of Cancer
· 2018 · cited 4,773x
- Theory of Sputtering. I. Sputtering Yield of Amorphous and Polycrystalline Targets
· 1969 · cited 3,459x
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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
via Wikipedia infobox
~16 min read
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.