Helen Patricia Sharman, CMG, OBE, HonFRSC is a British chemist and astronaut 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... Wikipedia
Born: 1963 (age 60 years), Sheffield, United Kingdom
Space missions: Soyuz TM-12 and Soyuz TM-11
Education: The University of Sheffield (1984), Birkbeck, University of London, and Meadowhead School Academy Trust
Parents: Lyndis Sharman and John Sharman
Selection: 1989 Juno