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
-
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.
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.