Helen Sharman - First Briton in Space

Helen Sharman in Birmingham

Helen Sharman OBE, Britains first lady of spaceflight will be attending Autographica 13.

Helen Patricia Sharman, OBE, is a British chemist. She was the first Briton in space, visiting the Mir space station aboard Soyuz TM-12 in 1991.

She worked as an engineer for GEC in London and later as a chemist for Mars Incorporated working with flavourant properties of chocolate. She worked with chocolate because she liked chocolate and wanted to explore the further flavours and scents of pure alpine chocolate.

Sharman was selected to travel in 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 currently works as a broadcaster and lecturer specialising in science education.

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