";s:4:"text";s:1218:"Helen Sharman is the first-ever British citizen to travel to space. She was selected as a part of the Juno Project. Helen Patricia Sharman, CMG, OBE, HonFRSC (born 30 May 1963) is a chemist who became the first British cosmonaut and the first woman to visit the Mir space station in May 1991. Helen Sharman was the first British Citizen to travel space and also to visit the Mir Space Station. Sharman was also the fifth youngest person to fly in space at just 27 … Helen Sharman, British chemist and astronaut who was the first British citizen to go into space, participating in a mission to the Soviet modular space station Mir in May 1991; she served as a research cosmonaut. One of the crown jewel artefacts at theSoyuz Here at the National Space Centre we are honoured to look after some of Helen’s personal effects from her mission.