life of helen sharman

  • birth

    helen sharman was born on the 30th of may 1963 she was born in sheffield in the united kingdom
  • starting school

    she started primary school at grenoside junior and infant schoolin seffield
  • graduated from university of Sheffield

    she graduated from the university of Sheffield in 1984 with a bachelors degree in science
  • starting mars bar job

    helen sharman has always loved chocolate and worked as chemist at the mars bar company following her passion or chemistry although even more she dremt of being an astronaut
  • chosen for mission juno

    helen sharman was chosen for mission juno to work at the russian spacestation for eight days and to be the first briton in space
  • take off of mission juno

    mission juno took off on the 18th of may 1991 from russia with the soon to be first briton in space in side
  • mission juno accomplished

    mission juno accomplished and landed with new first briton in space happily inside
  • stopped giving lectures

    after eight years of lecturing helen then went to search of a new career it had now been ten years since she had gone on mission juno it was time to change
  • new job

    helen after going around for ten years since quiting her lecturing job she desided to go back to science at the NPL so that is where she is today sticking wih her dream and insiring us all