Cosmonaut Centre "Sigmund Jähn"
The Cosmonaut Centre has been an integral part of Chemnitz's educational and cultural landscape since it was founded on 14 August 1964. It bears the name of the first German space traveller and honorary citizen of Chemnitz, Dr Sigmund Jähn, and is now run by solaris Förderzentrum für Jugend und Umwelt gGmbH Sachsen as part of the adventure education centre in Küchwaldpark.
Following the principle of "children for children", the centre is dedicated to extracurricular youth education in the fields of cosmonautics/astronautics, astronomy and meteorology. This special approach combined with the unusual subject matter gives the Cosmonaut Centre its unique regional and supra-regional status.
Visitors young and old are expertly looked after in the Cosmonaut Centre by the regular crew, the "Stammis" - girls and boys aged between 9 and 18. As members of the regular staff working group, they share the fascination of space travel, can lead simulated space flights and space tests in the spaceship cabin or test the physical fitness of flight enthusiasts in the astrotrainer.
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