Biographies of International Astronauts
JähnSigmund Werner Paul "Sig"Germany (GDR) |
Source: Eberhard Mädler |
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Personal data
| Birthdate: | 13.02.1937 |
| Birthplace: | Morgenröthe-Rautenkranz / Saxonia |
| Marital status: | married |
| Children: | two |
| Selection date: | 25.11.1976 |
| Selection group: | Interkosmos-1 |
| Position: | Research Cosmonaut (RC) |
| Status: | Ret. 03.09.1978 |
| Date of death: | 21.09.2019 |
| Place of death: | Strausberg |
Spaceflights
| No. | Mission | Position | Time | Duration |
| 1 | Soyuz 31 / Soyuz 29 | Research Cosmonaut | 26.08. - 03.09.1978 | 7d 20h 49m |
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| Total | 7d 20h 49m | |||
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Additional information
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Graduated from Gagarin Air Force Academy,
Monino, 1970; Doctorate degree in long-range earth observation/remote sensing
from Central Institute for Physics of the Earth, Potsdam, 1983; Major General
of National Peoples Army of the German Democratic Republic; later with
DLR (MIR'92 and
MIR'97) and
ESA
(advisor for
MIR missions); hobbies: Reading, hunting. |
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