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Pioneering British astronaut Helen Sharman claims her 1991 space mission 'feels like yesterday' - Mirror Online
ESA European Space History - #HappyBirthday to the first British astronaut in space, Dr Helen Sharman (30 May), who flew on theSoyuz TM-12 in May 1991 when she also became the first
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Is Tim Peake the first British astronaut? Space fans slam 'sexists' who forgot this brave space-woman - Mirror Online
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Tim Peake: UK astronaut to be first British person to walk in space | The Independent | The Independent
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Aliens exist and could be on Earth, claims first Brit in space Helen Sharman | London Evening Standard | Evening Standard
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Britain's first astronaut shares her thoughts on confinement and isolation | Imperial News | Imperial College London
World Space Week - Today we celebrate Dr. Helen Patricia Sharman (30 May 1963), a British chemist, the first British astronaut, first privately funded woman to fly in space, and the first
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