Helen Sharman made history when she blasted off on a mission to the Soviet Union's Mir space station in 1991. Dr Sharman, who was selected from 13,000 applicants to become the first Briton in ...
In 1991, Sheffield-born Helen Sharman was the first woman to visit the Russian Mir Space station. On Friday, the astronaut, now 60, visited Iqra Primary Academy in Bradford, after accepting an ...