Helen Sharman

I'm not going into infinity. I'm going into low earth orbit.

— Helen Sharman

While we've taken seeds into space, and astronauts on the International Space Station have eaten lettuce they've grown, we haven't produced fruit…

— Helen Sharman

The advice I was given was just to make sure you look out of the window occasionally. It's something no astronaut ever…

— Helen Sharman

Britain should definitely be part of a Mars mission.

— Helen Sharman

I get standing ovations at meetings when I say Britain should be involved in human spaceflight. Unfortunately, that goal has been blocked…

— Helen Sharman

It's very exciting that people could actually live on another planet.

— Helen Sharman

During launch, the outside of the rocket is covered in a protective fairing, so we couldn't see outside, but as soon as…

— Helen Sharman

I don't classify myself as the first space tourist because I wasn't as though I paid and had a holiday out of…

— Helen Sharman

We should be pushing our boundaries. After all, we Britons are explorers and adventurers.

— Helen Sharman

From space, the earth appears predominantly blue; the clouds are brilliant white. Surprisingly, you don't see much green, although Ireland looks green,…

— Helen Sharman

You don't go into space just for the science. Economically, it is not worth it. I think the reason we should be…

— Helen Sharman

The view from space is really very special. From the window, you can look back at the Earth and see the stars…

— Helen Sharman

I would much rather fly on Soyuz than the shuttle.

— Helen Sharman

I operated a periscopic TV camera so the commander, Anatoly Artsebarsky, could establish where we were heading. It is real teamwork on…

— Helen Sharman

I hope there will be continued U.K. investment in human spaceflight to enable Britain to benefit from space travel in the longer…

— Helen Sharman

There is very little difference between men and women in space.

— Helen Sharman

People are fascinated by space flight. It makes them interested in science, gets them asking questions and motivates them.

— Helen Sharman

Just because I'm a woman does not mean I have to deal with everything to do with food.

— Helen Sharman

There is good science you can do in space. There is stuff there you cannot do on Earth and we can gain…

— Helen Sharman

You can do more science on the ground than you can in space for the same amount of money. But there is…

— Helen Sharman

I lived at Star City for more than a year ahead of my trip to Mir on May 18, 1991 in Soyuz…

— Helen Sharman

I'd love to go back to space, I don't know any astronaut who doesn't want to.

— Helen Sharman

I had been lucky that my physiology is well suited to space training.

— Helen Sharman

Politicians and the government have become too interested in short-term gains. Of course, if you look at the direct financial returns in…

— Helen Sharman

Is a one-way trip to Mars ever really seriously going to happen? Surely that's morally reprehensible. However old people are, however much…

— Helen Sharman