What is Sigmund Jähn?
[[File:Sigmund Jahn cropped.jpg|thumb|upright|Sigmund Jähn, 1978]] '''Sigmund Werner Paul Jähn''' (13 February 1937 &ndash; 21 September 2019) was a [[Germans|German]] [[cosmonaut]] and [[Pilot (aeronautics)|pilot]]. In 1978, he became the first German to fly in space as part of the Soviet Union's [[Interkosmos]] programme.<ref name=bio>{{cite web | url=http://www.esa.int/ger/ESA_in_your_country/Germany/Biografie_von_Sigmund_Jaehn | title=Biografie von Sigmund Jähn | publisher=[[European Space Agency]]|language= de | access-date=26 August 2016}}</ref> He was born in [[Morgenröthe-Rautenkranz]], [[Saxony]], [[Nazi Germany|Germany]]. Jähn was married and had two children. He lived in [[Strausberg]] in the later part of his life. He died on 21 September 2019 at the age of 82.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.dlr.de/content/de/artikel/news/2019/03/20190922_weltraumpionier-sigmund-jaehn-verstorben.html |title=Weltraumpionier Sigmund Jähn verstorben |access-date=2019-09-23 |archive-date=2019-09-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190922193631/https://www.dlr.de/content/de/artikel/news/2019/03/20190922_weltraumpionier-sigmund-jaehn-verstorben.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[https://www.n-tv.de/wissen/Raumfahrer-Sigmund-Jaehn-ist-tot-article21289182.html Raumfahrer Sigmund Jähn ist tot]</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * [http://www.spacefacts.de/bios/international/english/jaehn_sigmund.htm Spacefacts biography of Sigmund Jähn] * [http://www.britannica.com/biography/Sigmund-Jahn ''Encyclopædia Britannica''] {{DEFAULTSORT:Jahn, Sigmund}} [[Category:1937 births]] [[Category:2019 deaths]] [[Category:German scientists]] [[Category:Cosmonauts]] {{bio-stub}}