Seize the Moment

Helen Sharman was chosen from thousands of applicants to be the UK cosmonaut on a joint Soviet/UK space flight. She travelled three million miles in space with Soviet cosmonauts, on a successful mission that also had its share of controversy, and in this book she tells her story.

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When working as a research technologist for Mars Ltd, Helen Sharman heard about Project Juno (an agreement under which a UK cosmonaut would fly on a Soviet/UK space mission), on the radio, whilst waiting in her car at traffic lights. After a selection process involving thousands of applicants, she travelled three million miles in space with Soviet cosmonauts, on a successful mission that had its share of controversy. In this book she tells of her experiences.