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.
Igor Volk Igor Petrovich Volk (Russian: Игорь Петрович Волк ; Ukrainian: Ігор Петрович Волк ; 12 April 1937 – 3 January 2017) was a cosmonaut and test pilot in the Soviet Union.