Flight record
first and only flightFirst and only flight year 1978.
1Flight
7d 20hTime in space
Not recordedEVA time
0Spacewalks
Flights count launches with a definitive outcome — the same basis as the Stats page.
Biography
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.
Biography from Launch Library 2.
Background
- Born in
- Morgenröthe-Rautenkranz
- Education
- Franz Mehring Military Academy; Otto Lilienthal Military Academy; Gagarin Air Force Academy; Central Institute for Earth Physics
- Awards
- Medal "For Merit in Space Exploration"; Golden Hen; Dr. Friedrich Joseph Haass-Preis; Gold medal with hero rank of GDR; Hero of the Soviet Union; and 8 more
From Wikidata.
Flights
- Soyuz-U | Soyuz 31August 26, 1978 · 14:51 UTC
Expeditions
- Salyut 6 EP-41978-08-26 – 1978-09-03
Born 1937-02-13 · died 2019-09-21, aged 82