Helen Patricia Sharman, is a British chemist who became the first British astronaut and the first woman to visit the Mir space station in May 1991. Originally graduating from the Department of ...

I remember learning at the age of six about the first British astronaut, Dr Helen Sharman, who flew to the Mir space station. Looking at her in her Sokol spacesuit, I realised that woman could be me.

Helen Sharman, Britain’s first astronaut, has visited St Edward’s School in Poole to inspire students with her career story. The chemist and president of the Institute of Science and ...