runningambassador Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 Sigmund Jähn, 74, was the first German in space. In 1978, Jähn, at the time a lieutenant colonel with the air force of the communist East Germany, orbited the Earth on board the Soviet space station Salyut 6. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
llama Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 (edited) I know there was a problem with visas once, but have any Russian cosmonauts been asked over this time? Can't we make out that they're big Space 1999 fans or something?. Edited August 5, 2012 by llama Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giuseppe1969 Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 I think so, because the Commander of the Moonbase Alpha before Koenig was a Russian. A very loose link but fine by me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
runningambassador Posted August 6, 2012 Author Share Posted August 6, 2012 His contact details are as follows: Sigmund Jahn Fontanestraße 35 D-15344 Strausberg Germany If we all wrote inviting him, I bet he'd come - come on Showmasters - we've had first space walker and first British woman - how about first German? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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