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.
Nikolai Tikhonov (cosmonaut) Nikolay Vladimirovich Tikhonov (Russian: Николай В. Тихонов ) was born May 23, 1982. He is a Russian cosmonaut, selected in 2006.