Dr Helen Sharman, a scientist from Sheffield, became the first British astronaut in 1991. Her time in space may have only lasted eight days but before that she spent 18 months a long way from home ...

Just 25 years ago, Helen Sharman became the first British astronaut ever to be sent into space. Stylist finds out more about the woman being left out of the history books When astronaut Tim Peake ...

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.

BRITAIN’S first astronaut took one small step (into a Poole school) to share her inspirational story. Helen Sharman, Britain’s first astronaut, has visited St Edward’s School in Poole to ...

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 ...

Wally hears from astronauts Jessica Meier, Helen Sharman, Eileen Collins and Samantha Cristoforetti; mission control flight director Mary Lawrence; space historian David J Shayler; and shares her ...