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Sigmund Jähn
Born
Feb 13, 1937
Died: Sep 21, 2019
Lived 82 years
Place of Birth
Morgenröthe-Rautenkranz, Saxony, German Reich
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Career Highlights
7
Movies
5
TV Shows
Sigmund Jähn
Acting
Biography
Sigmund Werner Paul Jähn (13 February 1937 – 21 September 2019) 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.
Movies
7
TV Shows
5
Siegmund Jähn – Ein Vogtländer im Weltall
as
Self
2020
Sigmund Jähn - Der erste Deutsche im All
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Self - Interviewee and Portrait Subject
2017
Space Sailors
as
Self
2010
Der Mann auf Salut 6
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Self
1998
Interkosmos
as
Self
1980
Unser Fliegerkosmonaut
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Self
1978
Keiner wird als Held geboren
as
Self (archive footage)
1970