Sigmund Jähn
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Sigmund Werner Paul Jähn was a German pilot, cosmonaut, and Generalmajor 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.
1937 — 2019
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Sigmund Jahn; Sigmund Werner Paul Jähn
Dr. Friedrich Joseph Haass-Preis, honorary citizen of Berlin, Medal "For Merit in Space Exploration", Meritorious Military Pilot of the German Democratic Republic, Medal Brotherhood in Arms, Golden Hen, Pilot-Cosmonaut of the German Democratic Republic, Order of Karl Marx, Gold medal with hero rank of GDR, Medal of Merit of the National People's Army, Order of Lenin, Hero of the Soviet Union, Germany, German Democratic Republic,
Dong Fang Hong 2, Ekran,
- Sigmund Jähn, First German in Space and a Hero Back Home, Dies at 82 - obituary in the New York Times, 2019, online











