Helen Sharman's Onboard Documentation Checklist

Helen Sharman's Onboard Documentation Checklist

Onboard documentation checklist carried by Helen Sharman on the 1991 Juno mission to the Mir space station.

Helen Sharman became the first British person in space, when she travelled to the Mir space station in 1991. Helen had responded to an advert seeking an astronaut, ‘no experience necessary’, whilst working as a specialist in chocolate flavouring at the Mars confectionery company. After being selected ahead of 12,000 other candidates, she received training at the Soviet Union’s cosmonaut training facility at Star City. She launched on 18 May 1991, forever etching her name into the history of British exploration.

During launch, landing, and docking, each crewmember has checklists to keep on track with various time-sensitive tasks that need carrying out. This checklist was for use by the cosmonaut researcher role carried out by Helen Sharman. On her launch into space, Helen was joined by Commander Anatoly Artsebarsky and Flight Engineer Sergei Krikalev - each of whom had their own checklist.