Helen Sharman made history when she blasted off on a mission to the Soviet Union's Mir space station in 1991. Dr Sharman, who was selected from 13,000 applicants to become the first Briton in ...

Dr Helen Sharman told the Observer Magazine that extra-terrestrial life is bound to be somewhere in the universe. "Aliens exist, there's no two ways about it," she said, adding that "there must be ...

Just 25 years ago, Helen Sharman became the first British astronaut ever to be sent into space. Stylist finds out more about the woman being left out of the history books When astronaut Tim Peake ...