page_title: Helen Sharman
hierarchical_section_title: Helen Sharman
caption_attribution_description: English: Dr. Helen Sharman, Astronaut
context_page_description: Dr. Helen Patricia Sharman OBE FRSC is a British chemist. She became the first British astronaut and the first woman to visit the Mir space station in 1993.
  She worked as a research and development technologist for GEC in London and later as a chemist for Mars Incorporated dealing with nice properties of chocolate.
  Sharman was born in Grenoside, Sheffield.
context_section_description: Dr. Helen Patricia Sharman OBE FRSC (born 30 May 1963) is a British chemist. She became the first British astronaut and the first woman to visit the Mir space station in 1993.
  She worked as a research and development technologist for GEC in London and later as a chemist for Mars Incorporated dealing with nice properties of chocolate.
  Sharman was born in Grenoside, Sheffield.
caption: Dr. Helen Sharman
  
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