Sigmund Jähn
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Sigmund Jähn
b. Feb 13, 1937 — d. Sep 21, 2019
LIFE FORM
Gender
Rank
Air Forces of the National People's Army Major General
MISSIONS
1
TIME IN SPACE
07D:20H:49M
SPACEWALKS
-
SPACEWALK TIME
-
Sigmund Jähn
98
Sigmund Jähn
b. Feb 13, 1937 — d. Sep 21, 2019
LIFE FORM
Gender
Rank
Air Forces of the National People's Army Major General
MISSIONS
1
TIME IN SPACE
07D:20H:49M
SPACEWALKS
-
SPACEWALK TIME
-
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.
Bio

In 1978, Sigmund Jähn became the first German to travel to space. Sigmund Werner Paul Jähn was born on February 13, 1937, in Morgenröthe-Rautenkranz, Saxony, Germany. After completing his early education, he trained and worked as a book printer before joining the East German Air Force in 1955, where he rose through the ranks and pursued advanced training in flight tactics and combat aviation. He later attended the Yuri Gagarin Air Force Academy in Monino, earning a degree in military science in 1970 and working in pilot education and flight safety. In 1976, Jähn was selected for cosmonaut training under the Soviet Interkosmos program. On August 26th, 1978, he launched aboard Soyuz 31 with Soviet cosmonaut Valery Bykovsky and traveled to the Salyut 6 space station. During the nearly 8-day mission, he conducted scientific experiments in materials science, Earth observation, biology, medicine, and occupational psychology, and returned to Earth aboard Soyuz 29. Following the mission, Jähn received national honors including Hero of the Soviet Union and Hero of the GDR, and went on to earn a Ph.D. in geophysics in 1983.Sigmund Jähn passed away on September 21st, 2019, at the age of 82.

WIKIPEDIA EXCERPT
Sigmund Werner Paul Jähn (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.