Sigmund Jähn

Personal Info

Birthday

February 13, 1937

Day of Death

2019-09-21

(82 years old)

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.

Known For

Filmography

2020
Siegmund Jähn – Ein Vogtländer im Weltall
as Self
2017
Sigmund Jähn - Der erste Deutsche im All
as Self - Interviewee and Portrait Subject
2010
Space Sailors
as Self
1998
Der Mann auf Salut 6
as Self
1980
Interkosmos
as Self
1978
Unser Fliegerkosmonaut
as Self
1970
Keiner wird als Held geboren
as Self (archive footage)