Extra: Dr Helen Sharman the Full Interview

This podcast extra is our full length interview with Dr Helen
Sharman, Britain's First astronaut and the first woman to visit
the Russian Mir Space Station in 1991.


In this interview we discuss:


Tim Peake

Access to space during a time of no UK funding

The skills needed to be an astronaut

Training for spaceflight at Star City in Russia

The collapse of the Soviet Union just before launch

Speaking with Mikhail Gorbachev from the Mir Space Station

Comparing Mir to a camping trip!

Acclimatising to spaceflight in the Soyuz capsule

Science conducted by Helen on Mir

The UK's reticence to fund human spaceflight

NASA's plans for missions beyond Low Earth Orbit

Post-Brexit uncertainty over science and collaboration

Promoting space