Dr Coogan, who was born in Northern Ireland's capital Belfast ... and the UK's third-ever career astronaut (following in the footsteps of Helen Sharman and Tim Peake). Article continues below ...

A Belfast-born astrophysicist could make history by ... following in the footsteps of British astronauts Helen Sharman, who visited the Soviet Union’s Mir Space Station in 1991, and Major ...

Once Dr Coogan arrives on the ISS she would follow fellow Brits Helen Sharman, the first Briton in space in 1989, and Tim Peake, who went to the International Space Station in 2015. Born in ...

Once Dr Coogan arrives on the ISS she would follow fellow Brits Helen Sharman, the first Briton in space in 1989, and Tim Peake, who went to the International Space Station in 2015. Born in ...

Helen Sharman was the first British person to fly into space ... Chawla became the first Indian-born woman to go to space in 1997. However, six years later, during her second space mission, STS-107 on ...

Born and bred in Intake in the east of Sheffield ... he shows no signs of slowing down. Another Grenoside kid, Helen Sharman has perhaps the most impressive claim to fame: she was the first British ...

Helen Sharman was the first British person to fly into space ... Chawla became the first Indian-born woman to go to space in 1997. However, six years later, during her second space mission, STS-107 on ...

Not if Helen Mirren has anything to say about it ... "The whole concept of James Bond is drenched and born out of profound sexism," she said. "Women have always been a major and incredibly ...

Festival director Charles Sharman-Cox added ... Globes and even an Oscar for her starring role in The Queen (2007). Born Helen Lydia Mironoff in Hammersmith in 1945, she was brought up in ...

BRITAIN’S first astronaut took one small step (into a Poole school) to share her inspirational story. Helen Sharman, Britain’s first astronaut, has visited St Edward’s School in Poole to ...

Those born on this date are under the sign of Gemini ... in 1962 (age 62); first British astronaut Helen Sharman in 1963 (age 61); country singer Wynonna Judd in 1964 (age 60); musician Tom ...