Englishwoman in the Soviet spaceship HELEN PATRICIA SHARMAN

Englishwoman in the Soviet spaceship. HELEN PATRICIA SHARMAN

Helen Patricia Sharman (May 30 1963 goda -…) - first female cosmonaut from the UК and the only astronaut from this country.

In 1989 he responded to treatment, radioed, a set wishing to participate in the contest to select a space flight participant in the project "Juno. "This project was part of an agreement signed at the governmental level between the USSR and the UK.

Successfully passed the selection procedure of the 13 000 participants, started training at Star City.

May 18, 1991 made a space flight to the space station "Mir" on the spacecraft Soyuz TM- 12, together with Anatoly and Sergei Krikalev Artsebarsky

Awards: • May 26, 1991 by the Decree of the President of the USSR № UP - 2010 was awarded the Order of Friendship of Peoples. • In 1993, for participation in space flight was awarded the degree of an officer of the Order of the British Empire. • April 12, 2011 Presidential Decree number 437 was awarded the medal "For merits in space exploration. "

Further its future was not associated with the cosmos. Since 1984 worked as a chemical engineer in the company of General Electric Co. in London. Since August 1987 worked as a chemist-technologist in the Confectionery Factory Mars confectionery. After the flight, works as a commentator on television. She also wrote a book «Seize The Moment»