Helen Sharman
Helen Patricia Sharman (born 30 May 1963), is a British chemist. She was the first Briton in space, visiting the Mir space station aboard Soyuz TM-12 in 1991. Sharman was selected to travel into space on 25 November 1989, beating 13,000 applicants, after responding to a radio advertisement asking for applicants to be the first British astronaut. The programme was known as Project Juno and was a cooperative arrangement between the Soviet Union and a group of British companies. Sharman was just 27 years and 11 months old when she went into space and is, as of 2007, the fifth youngest of the 455 individuals (90 percent men) who have flown in space. The second youngest, Valentina Tereshkova of the Soviet Union, became the first woman in space in 1963 at age 26 years and 3 months.
Spaceflights
No. Mission Position Time Duration
1 Soyuz TM-12 / Soyuz TM-11 Research Cosmonaut 18.05. - 26.05.1991 7d 21h 13m
Total 7d 21h 13m
