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

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...

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...

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

Stefan Walz (born 1963) is a Swiss actor. His best known role is as a Sigmund Jähn-lookalike in the film Good Bye, Lenin!. Stefan Walz studied acting at...

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...

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

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

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...

Ivanchenkov, who crewed EO-2 of the Soviet orbital space station Salyut 6. Sigmund Jähn (d. 2019) was the last citizen of the former GDR to bear the title, as...

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...

space station when he reached Mir with the Vityaz crew. The first was Sigmund Jähn of East Germany, who visited Salyut 6 in 1978. Flade conducted 14 German...

launched on 26 August on Soyuz 31 with Valery Bykovsky and East German Sigmund Jähn, the third Intercosmos participant, aboard. Food was brought aboard,...

1939 in Stassfurt, Germany) was selected for Soyuz 31 as the backup for Sigmund Jähn. He later became the Director of the Airforce Academy of the German Democratic...

(born 1947), historian Peter Hoffmann, awarded outstanding historian Sigmund Jähn (1937–2019), first German in space Bruno Kahl (born 1962), intelligence...

Peace and Human Rights - Inner German border - Intershop - Interflug Sigmund Jähn - Jena - jokes - Jugendweihe - Junge Welt Kampfgruppen der Arbeiterklasse...

(1840–1911), architect Johannes Haw (1871–1949), Roman Catholic priest Sigmund Jähn (1937–2019), cosmonaut and pilot Siegfried Kasche (1903–1947), Nazi Storm...

in the GDR. Contributors included Waldemar Cierpinski, Peter Hacks, Sigmund Jähn, Gret Palucca, Werner Tübke, and Christa Wolf. "Bezirksleitung Leipzig...

Marcel Lefèvre – decorated World War II fighter pilot (Normandie-Niemen) Sigmund Jähn – the first German cosmonaut Walter Ulbricht – East German leader Erich...

spacecraft, followed by the Pole Mirosław Hermaszewski and East German Sigmund Jähn in the same year. This Soviet co-operation programme, known as Intercosmos...

cosmonaut Sigmund Jähn, who had become the first German in space after launching on Soyuz 31 on 26 August 1978. They both were born in the Vogtland (Jähn was...

among the individual parties as follows: The first German cosmonaut, Sigmund Jähn was born in the Vogtland. His hometown, the small town of Morgenröthe-Rautenkranz...

Tannenbergsthal and Hammerbrücke, it is part of the municipality Muldenhammer. Sigmund Jähn (1937-2019), first German cosmonaut Morgenröthe Vogtlandsee Media related...

Joachim Herrmann, Werner Krolikowski, Konrad Naumann, Elli Schmidt, Sigmund Jähn 1979: Leonid Brezhnev, Johannes Chemnitzer, Horst Dohlus, Peter Edel...

Alfred Worden, first deep space EVA. Vladimír Remek Mirosław Hermaszewski Sigmund Jähn Georgi Ivanov Bertalan Farkas Phạm Tuân Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez 1980s 61...

Hermaszewski Zenon Jankowski Poland Soyuz 30 Salyut 6 26 August 1978 Sigmund Jähn Eberhard Köllner GDR Soyuz 31 Salyut 6 10 April 1979 Georgi Ivanov Aleksandr...

2021) 1937 – Ali El-Maak, Sudanese author and academic (d. 1992) 1937 – Sigmund Jähn, German pilot and cosmonaut (d. 2019) 1937 – Angelo Mosca, American-Canadian...

2023) 8 February — Manfred Krug, German actor (died 2016) 13 February — Sigmund Jähn, German cosmonaut and pilot (died 2019) 17 February — Rita Süssmuth,...

balcony to deliver a blessing and to confirm his acceptance of the papacy. Sigmund Jähn of East Germany became the first German cosmonaut ("Raumfahrer") as he...