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M.E.I. “Novoshimkusskaya Secondary School
of Yalchikski District of the Chuvash Republic”
Research Project in English
Topic: Helen Patricia Sharman
Project author:
Ruslan Alekseyevich Martyshkin,
student of Form 7 of
Project supervisor:
Elena Petrovna Svetopolskaya,
English Teacher
Novye Shimkussy - 2011
Aims and problems
The aim of the work is to learn more about
history, astronauts of Great Britain.
In order to get this aim I set up the
following problems:
• to learn more about Helen Patricia Sharman;
• to read reference books about astronauts;
• to find information from the Internet.
Actuality of the topic
Lately I’ve found out that my classmates and I know
very little about astronauts of Great Britain. I asked
them some questions but they couldn’t answer them.
I interviewed my friends on the questions below:
• What do you know about astronauts of Great
Britain?
• How many astronauts are there in Great Britain?
None of my classmates were able to answer them
correctly.
That is why it is very actual for us to learn more
about astronauts of Great Britain at present.
Helen Patricia Sharman
Helen Patricia "Lenochka"
Project Juno Astronaut
Sharman
Helen Patricia
Nationality
British
Born
30 May 1963 ) (age 48)
Sheffield, United Kingdom
Other occupation
Chemist
Time in space
7d 21h 13m
Selection
1989 Juno
Missions
Soyuz TM-12 / Soyuz TM-11
Helen attended Grenoside Junior and Infant
School, later moving to Greenhill. After
studying at Jordanthorpe Comprehensive,
she received a B.Sc. in chemistry at the
University of Sheffield in 1984 and a Ph.D
from Birkbeck, University of London. She
worked as an engineer for GEC in London
and later as a chemist for Mars Incorporated
working with flavourant properties of
chocolate. She worked with chocolate
because she liked chocolate and wanted to
explore the further flavours and scents of
pure alpine chocolate.
Helen Patricia Sharman was born in
Grenoside, Sheffield on the 30th of May
1963. She is a British chemist. She was
the first Briton in space, visiting the Mir
space station aboard Soyuz TM-12 in
1991.
Sharman was selected to travel in space on
25 November 1989, beating 13,000
applicants, after responding to a radio
advertisement asking for applicants to be
the first British astronaut. The programme
was known as Project Juno and was a
cooperative arrangement between the
Soviet Union and a group of British
companies.
For her Project Juno accomplishments,
Sharman received a star on the
Sheffield Walk of Fame.
Later career
Sharman currently works
as a broadcaster and
lecturer specializing in
science education.
Awards and honors
In 1991, she was chosen to light the flame at the
1991 Summer Universiade, held in Sheffield. On
live international television, she tripped while
running through the infield of Don Valley Stadium,
smashing the torch, but recovered its embers and
went on to ceremonially ignite the flame. For her
pioneering efforts, Sharman was appointed an
OBE in 1993, and the same year an honorary
fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry. The
British School in Assen, Netherlands is named the
Helen Sharman School after her. In addition there
is a house named after her at Wallington High
School for Girls, a grammar school in the London
Borough of Sutton, where each house is named
after a high achieving and influential woman
Marital status
• Not married
• Father – John Sharman, a Physics
teacher in college (in 1991)
• Mother – Lindesay, a hospital nurse (in
1991)
• Sister – Andrew, a computer engineer
(in 1991)
• Brother – Richard, at the moment of
Helen‘s start he was 15 years old
Hobbies
Helen’s hobby is motor biking.
She also likes playing American squash.
Publications
Helen is the author of the book «Seize
The Moment» (Лови момент!)
Conclusion
Now I know a lot about Helen Patricia
Sharman,the only astronaut of Great Britain.
I believe that this work can be applied by both
students and teachers.
The target goal to learn more about astronauts
of Great Britain is achieved. We’ve answered
all the questions.
I hope my classmates will be interested in it,
too.
Bibliography
• Seize the Moment: Autobiography of
Britain's First Astronaut,
autobiography, with Christopher Priest
and a foreword by Arthur C. Clarke
(London : Gollancz, 1993))
• The Space Place (Making Sense of
Science), children's book, illustrated by
M. Rolph (Portland Press, 1997).
References
1. "Helen Sharman Made in Sheffield".
2. "Baton charge duty for Becks" The
Guardian Online.
3."Who are our Honorary Fellows?"
Royal Society of Chemistry.