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Sigmund Werner Paul Jähn (born 13 February 1937) is a German pilot, who on 1978 became the first German to fly in space as part of the Soviet Union's Interkosmos programme. ==Biography== Jähn was born on 13 February 1937 in Morgenröthe-Rautenkranz, in the Vogtland district of Saxony, Germany. From 1943 to 1951 he attended school in his hometown. He trained as a printer until 1954 and then managed the pioneer program in a local school. On 26 April 1955 he joined the East German Air Force, where he became a pilot. From 1961 to 1963 he was deputy commander for political work and from in 1965 became responsible for air tactics and air shooting. From 1966 to 1970 he studied at the Gagarin Air Force Academy in Monino, in the Soviet Union. From 1970 to 1976, he worked in the administration of the East German air force, responsible for pilot education and flight safety.〔 On 25 November 1976, Jähn and his backup Eberhard Köllner were selected for the Interkosmos program. After a brief period of basic training, they devoted a year to mission specific training.〔 He trained in Star City near Moscow. He flew on board Soyuz 31, launched 26 August 1978 to the Soviet space station Salyut 6. he conducted experiments in remote sensing of the earth, medicine, biology, materials science, and geophysics. He returned on Soyuz 29 after 124 orbits and landed on 3 September 1978. He spent 7 days, 20 hours, and 49 minutes in space.〔 Because the Soviet and American space programs maintained distinctive vocabularies, he was a ''cosmonaut'' rather than an ''astronaut''. During and after the flight, he and the socialist authorities of the GDR pronounced him "the first German cosmonaut", which was unusual because the East German state normally maintained careful distinctions between citizens of the GDR and citizens of West Germany. Upon his return he headed the East Germany Army's Cosmonaut Training Center near Moscow until German unification in 1990, when he left the East German military with the rank of major general.〔 Jähn was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union on 3 September 1978.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Biography )〕 In 1983 he received a doctorate at the in Potsdam, specialising in remote sensing of the earth.〔 He was instrumental in forming the Association of Space Explorers. He was a founding member in 1985 and served for several years on its Executive Committee.〔 Starting in 1990, he worked as a freelance consultant for the German Aerospace Center and from 1993 also for the European Space Agency (ESA) to prepare for the Euromir missions. he retired in 2002. In 2011, on the 50th anniversary of the first manned space flight by Yuri Gagarin, he explained to ''Der Spiegel'' that his taking a toy figure on his flight was not a personal choice. He took a , a animated character featured on an East German children's television show, in order to film material for the show. Because he and fellow cosmonaut Vladimir Kovalyonok joked about ' marrying another toy figure of the Russia mascot Masha, authorities found the material unsuitable for the public. Jähn is married and has two children. He lives in Strausberg and he enjoys reading and hunting. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sigmund Jähn」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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