Helen Patricia Sharman
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| Country: | Great Britain |
| selected on | November 25, 1989 |
| Calls: | 1 space flight |
| Begin: | May 18, 1991 |
| Landing: | May 26, 1991 |
| Time in space: | 7d 21h 13min |
| retired on | 1998 |
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Helen Patricia Sharman , OBE (born May 30, 1963 in Sheffield , Great Britain ) is a former British astronaut . She was the first person from the UK to take part in a space flight.
Life
After visiting the Jordan Thorpe Comprehensive School in Sheffield Sharman studied at the University of Sheffield Chemical and acquired in 1984 the Bachelor . Later she acquired at Birkbeck College of the University of London the doctoral degree in natural sciences . After completing her studies , she first worked at General Electric , then at the confectionery manufacturer Mars Confectionery Ltd.
In the summer of 1989 Sharman applied on a radio spot as the first British female astronaut for a commercial Soviet- British mission and was selected from 13,000 applicants on November 25, 1989. After a year and a half of training in the star city near Moscow , Helen Sharman started on May 18, 1991 with two Soviet cosmonauts from Baikonur for a six-day stay on the Soviet Mir space station . Her duties there included experiments in the fields of medicine , agronomy and cartography . Sharman also gave a lesson that was streamed directly into British classrooms.
In 1992 and 1998, Helen Sharman was nominated by Great Britain for further space flights (this time for ESA ), but was not considered.
Today she works as a television commentator and lecturer .
Sharman is single and has no children.
Honors
Helen Sharman was named officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1993 for her services .
useful information
- Helen Sharman suffered from a kind of "room dust allergy " during her stay on the Mir and had to sneeze an average of twenty times an hour.
- Helen Sharman is the 15th woman in space, the first non- American and non- Soviet citizen .
- Helen Sharman is the first British citizen in space . One of the few personal items she was allowed to take on her flight was a photo of Queen Elizabeth II.
- Helen Sharman's hobbies are sports and motorcycling.
- Because of her job at the confectionery company Mars, she was also jokingly called the Girl From Mars .
literature
- Helen Sharman, Christopher Priest: Seize the Moment - Autobiography of Britain's First Astronaut. Gollancz, 1993, ISBN 0-575-05628-2 .
- Helen Sharman, John K. Gilbert: The Juno Mission. Association for Science Education, 1993, ISBN 0-86357-190-5
Web links
- Short biography of Helen Patricia Sharman at spacefacts.de
- Biography of Helen Patricia Sharman in the Encyclopedia Astronautica (English)
- BBC: message about Sharman's launch into space (English)
- BBC Online: Sharman reported on their experiences during the flight (English)
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| SURNAME | Sharman, Helen Patricia |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Sharman, Helen |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British spaceman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 30, 1963 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sheffield |