Helen Sharman

Status: Retired
5/30/1963 –
Nationality: British
Type: Government
Agency: Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)

Helen Patricia Sharman, CMG, OBE, HonFRSC (born 30 May 1963) is a British chemist who became the first British astronaut and the first woman to visit the Mir space station in 1991.