Sigmund Jähn

Status: Deceased
2/13/1937 – 9/21/2019
Nationality: German
Type: Government
Agency: Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)

Sigmund Werner Paul Jähn (born 13 February 1937) is a German cosmonaut and pilot, who in 1978 became the first German to fly in space as part of the Soviet Union’s Interkosmos programme.