Which person flew into space first, Ivan Bella or Sigmund Jähn?
Ivan Bella Ivan Bella (born 25 May 1964 in Brezno, Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia)) is a Slovak Air Force officer who became the first Slovak citizen to fly in space. He participated in an eight-day joint Russian-French-Slovak mission to the Mir space station in 1999.
Zhanna Yorkina Zhanna Dmitriyevna Yorkina (Russian: Жанна Дмитриевна Ёркина ; 6 May 1939-25 May 2015) was a Russian Soviet Cosmonaut.