Sigmund Jähn

Known for

Acting

Gender

Male

Born

February 13, 1937

Age at death

82

Died

September 21, 2019

From

Morgenröthe-Rautenkranz, Saxony, German Reich

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.