Britain's first astronaut, 27- year - old Helen Sharman from shelffield, is in space!
The soviet soyuz spaceship made a launch from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazaakstan carrying Miss Sharman , Anatoly Artebartsky and Sergei Krikalyou.
Her parens and sister came to Baikonur and watched how the rocket was flying up .
She carries with her a photograph of the Queen , a butterfly brooch that her father gave her and a ,, space passport" if her spaceship lands outside the SovietUnion.
Miss Sharman , a chemist for the Mars chocolate company, won her place in space in 1989 after answering an advertsement she heard on the car radio-,, Astronaut wanted . No experience necessary." They chose her from over 13,000 person to be the British member of the Russian space mission. She spent 18. months training in Star City and now speask Russian well. Tomorrow, the Soyuz docks with the Mir space station . During her eight days in space, Miss Sharman will do medical experiments . She will also take part in a radio- ham test with British schools and take photos of the British Isles. ПЕРЕВОД ПОЖАЛУЙСТА