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Sigmund Jähn
Germany
Germany
CCCP
CCCP
Germany
Germany
CCCP
CCCP
98
Sigmund Jähn
b. Feb 13, 1937 — d. Sep 21, 2019
LIFE FORM
Human
Gender
Male
Rank
Air Forces of the National People's Army Major General
MISSIONS
1
TIME IN SPACE
07D:20H:49M
SPACEWALKS
-
SPACEWALK TIME
-
Sigmund Jähn
Germany
Germany
CCCP
CCCP
Germany
Germany
CCCP
CCCP
98
Sigmund Jähn
b. Feb 13, 1937 — d. Sep 21, 2019
LIFE FORM
Human
Gender
Male
Rank
Air Forces of the National People's Army Major General
MISSIONS
1
TIME IN SPACE
07D:20H:49M
SPACEWALKS
-
SPACEWALK TIME
-
Missions
Soyuz
Soyuz 31
Past
Aug 26, 1978
ROCKET
Soyuz
Badges
Crossed Kármán Line
Crossed Kármán Line
This astronaut crossed the Kármán Line (100 km), the internationally accepted boundary of space.
First Man from Germany
First Man from Germany
This astronaut is the first man from Germany to go to space.
Crewmates
13
Valery Bykovsky
USSR
USSR
CCCP
CCCP
3
MISSIONS
20.7
DAYS IN SPACE
-
SPACEWALKS
-
DAYS SPACEWALKING
Crossed Kármán Line
Crossed Kármán Line
Crossed Kármán Line
WIKIPEDIA EXCERPT
Sigmund Werner Paul Jähn 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.
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