Helen Sharman

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Helen Sharman is a British chemist and astronaut who became the first British person in space after being selected for the 1991 Project Juno mission to the Mir space station.

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instanceOf British astronaut
astronaut
chemist
cosmonaut
human
areaOfActivity STEM education outreach
human spaceflight
awardReceived OBE
Order of the British Empire
honorary doctorate (various UK universities)
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
educatedAt Birkbeck, University of London NERFINISHED
University of Sheffield NERFINISHED
employer Imperial College London
Mars confectionery company
University of Sheffield NERFINISHED
familyName Sharman
fieldOfWork chemistry
spaceflight
givenName Helen
hasRole academic
public speaker
science communicator
languageSpoken English
name Helen Sharman self-link
nationality British
notableAchievement first British person to visit a space station
first British woman in space
notableFor being the first British person in space
notableWork public outreach in science and space
occupation astronaut
chemist
participatedIn Project Juno mission to Mir
positionHeld research chemist
residence United Kingdom
selectionMethod selected through the UK Project Juno competition
sexOrGender female
spaceMission Project Juno
Soyuz spacecraft
surface form: Soyuz TM-11

Soyuz spacecraft
surface form: Soyuz TM-12
spaceStationVisited Mir
trainedAs cosmonaut in the Soviet Union
wasOnBoard Mir space station
workLocation London, England
surface form: London

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Helen Sharman name Helen Sharman self-link