Helen Sharman shows off spacesuit on 25th anniversary of Mir journey

Britain's first astronaut Helen Sharman appears at the Science Museum in London to show off the spacesuit she wore 25 years ago on her historic spaceflight.
By The Newsroom
Published 19th May 2016, 10:50 BST
Updated 19th May 2016, 11:57 BST
Britain's first astronaut Helen Sharman at the Science Museum in London with the space suit she wore 25 years ago on her journey into space. Picture: PABritain's first astronaut Helen Sharman at the Science Museum in London with the space suit she wore 25 years ago on her journey into space. Picture: PA
Britain's first astronaut Helen Sharman at the Science Museum in London with the space suit she wore 25 years ago on her journey into space. Picture: PA

She became the first female astronaut to visit the Mir space station on her journey in 1991.

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