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February 13, 1937 â September 21, 2019
MorgenrĂśthe-Rautenkranz, Saxony, German Reich
Sigmund Werner Paul Jähn (13 February 1937 â 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.
