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Helen Sharman
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Key facts
- Born
- Helen Patricia Sharman , ( 1963-05-30 ) 30 May 1963 (age 63) , Sheffield , West Riding of Yorkshire, South Yorkshire , England
- Alma mater
- University of Sheffield ( BSc in 1984), Birkbeck, University of London (PhD in 1987)
- Occupation
- Chemist
- Time in space
- 7d 21h 13m
- Selection
- 1989 Juno
- Missions
- Soyuz TM-11 , Soyuz TM-12
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
Helen Sharman CMG OBE: The First British Astronaut
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Patricia
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Sheffield
- Educated at
- University of London
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Official website
- www.helensharman.com
- Image
- Dr. Helen Sharman.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1963-05-30
- member of
- Royal Society of Chemistry
- time in space
- 11353
- Commons category
- Helen Sharman
- birth name
- Helen Patricia Sharman
- name in native language
- Helen Sharman
- member of the crew of
- Mir
- P450
- Mir
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Encyclopedic overview
Helen Patricia Sharman (born 30 May 1963) is a British chemist and cosmonaut who became the first British person, first Western European woman and first privately funded woman in space, as well as the first woman to visit the Mir space station, in May 1991.
Early life and education
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Helen Sharman” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.