Vo the age of 82 years zomrel the first German kozmonaut, major general vo výslužbe Sigmund Jähn, ktorý sa for Nemeckú demokratickú republic got into the universe in the framework of the programme Interkosmos loďou Soyuz 31. There he worked at the station Saľjut 6, on the ground of the sa returned with the manned ships Soyuz 29. Space years prebiehal from 26.08.1978 to 03.09.1978.