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Sigmund Jähn
Person

Sigmund Jähn

Specialty
Acting
Birth
February 13, 1937 · 82 years
Death
September 21, 2019
Origin
Morgenröthe-Rautenkranz, Saxony, German Reich

Professional Trajectory

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.

Registered Filmography