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First Man in Space - German


Rufus Sewell as Lt. Johann Schmitt in the Wings of Glory (2016)

Johann Smith
(September 2, 1924)

Commanding Officer of the Kaiserliche Raumstreitkräfte
(October 14, 1956)

Lt. Johann Schmitt was the first man in space, launched onboard the Kaiser Wilhelm II spacecraft on September 2, 1952. Since 1956 he has been the Commanding Officer of the Kaiserliche Raumstreitkräfte - formation created from the Imperial Air Forces' rocketry engineers (much to the dismay of Wernher von Braun) where he champions manned spaceflight, development of new, more reliable and more efficent propulsion systems, use of nuclear spacedrives.

Personally, a German nationalist and member of the AV political party.​

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