Helen Sharman was driving around London in her car in 1989 when she first heard a radio advertisement asking for applicants for a project to send the first British national to space, specifically to the Soviet Union’s Mir space station. A few years out from receiving her chemistry degree, Sharman was working as a food technologist at Mars, the confectionery company, on a chocolate research project. Little did she know that she would be selected from 13,000 applicants to spend eight days in space as the first British astronaut. During her mission training, Sharman lived for 18 months near Moscow, just as the Soviet Union was collapsing—she even had a KGB minder. After her trip to the Mir space station in May 1991, Sharman spent years touring around the U.K., speaking about her space experience, and advocating for science. Then she took a long break, reevaluated her career goals, and
The chemist talks about feeling weightless, growing crystals, and recycling pee into air on the Mir space station 25 years ago
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Sharman celebrates the 25th anniversary of her trip to Mir with her space suit at the Science Museum in London. (Credit: Newscom)
C&EN talks with Helen Sharman, Britain’s first astronaut
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