Saxony, Germany. His father, Paul Jähn, was a sawmill worker, and his mother, Dora Jähn, was a housewife. Sigmund attended primary school from 1943 to...

crewed spaceflight activities. East Germany had its first cosmonaut, Sigmund Jähn; Jähn was both West and East Germany's first citizen in space when he departed...

long-duration Soyuz 29 resident crew. Soyuz 31 carried Valery Bykovsky and Sigmund Jähn, the first German cosmonaut, into space. They swapped Soyuz craft with...

Jahn (Jähn) is a German surname. Notable people with this surname include the following: Jahn Coleman (born 1993), English builder specialising in driveways...

taxi driver (who ambiguously either is or strongly resembles cosmonaut Sigmund Jähn, the first German in space and Alex's childhood hero) to act in the false...

been in space. The first German, and only East German, in space was Sigmund Jähn in 1978. Three astronauts – Ulf Merbold, Reinhard Furrer and Ernst Messerschmid...

Hungarian-born American Reform rabbi Sigmund Esco "Jackie" Jackson, African-American singer in the Jackson 5 Sigmund Jähn, an East German cosmonaut Siegmund...

Mirosław Hermaszewski of Poland, the first Polish national in space (1978) Sigmund Jähn of East Germany, the first German in space (1978) Rakesh Sharma, the...

Soyuz 31 mission to the Salyut 6 space station with the East German Sigmund Jähn. It was launched on 26 August 1978. They joined two other cosmonauts...

Germany. The exhibition is dedicated to spaceflight and space exploration. Sigmund Jähn, born in Morgenröthe-Rautenkranz, was the first German astronaut, completing...