Sigmund Jähn
German aircraft pilot and cosmonaut
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. Wikipedia
Born: February 13, 1937, Morgenröthe-Rautenkranz, Muldenhammer, Germany
Died: September 21, 2019 (age 82 years), Strausberg, Germany
Space missions: Soyuz 31 and Soyuz 29
Spouse: Erika Jähn
Education: Central Institute for Earth Physics (1983) and Gagarin Air Force Academy