The SED Central Committee decides to step up the formation of centrally controlled collective combines.
26 August - 3 September
1978
The cosmonaut Sigmund Jähn becomes the first German to take part in a space flight on board the Soviet spaceship Soyuz 31.
Cosmonaut Sigmund Jähn visits Dresden, 25 September 1978 (Photo: Bundesarchiv, Image 183-T0925-114, Photographer: Peter Koard)
RIAS telephone report on the first flight of a German in space, 28 August 1978 (in German) (Source: Archiv Deutschlandradio, Broadcast: Rundschau am Mittag, Moderator/Reporter: Jürgen Schiller, Armin Beth)
