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First German in space?

  1. Sigmund Jähn

  2. Thomas Reiter

  3. Gerhard Thiele

  4. Ulrich Walter
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Sigmund Jähn became the first German in space in 1978 when he flew aboard the Soviet Soyuz 31 mission to the Salyut 6 space station. He was a citizen of East Germany (GDR) at the time. Thomas Reiter was a later German astronaut who flew long-duration missions, but Jähn holds the distinction of being first.

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