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Women in Space: ‘You forget what it’s like to sit down or stand up’
Helen Sharman was the first British astronaut.
She spent eight days orbiting the earth on the Russian Mir Space Station in May 1991.
She tells Woman’s Hour about her time in space and the opportunities space exploration could bring in the future.
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