{"id":358,"date":"2016-08-13T01:01:34","date_gmt":"2016-08-13T00:01:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/awesomeastronomy.com\/?p=358"},"modified":"2019-06-03T22:42:11","modified_gmt":"2019-06-03T22:42:11","slug":"extra-dr-helen-sharman-the-full-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/awesomeastronomy.com\/index.php\/2016\/08\/13\/extra-dr-helen-sharman-the-full-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"Extra: Dr Helen Sharman the Full Interview"},"content":{"rendered":"<iframe style=\"display:block;\"  src=\"https:\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/4588793\/height\/360\/theme\/standard\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/\" height=\"360\" width=\"100%\" placement=\"top\" theme=\"standard\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"podcast-class\" frameborder=\"0\" custom_color=\"75942D\"><\/iframe><br \/><br \/><br \/><a class=\"libsyn-download-link\" href =\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/awesomeastronomy\/Helen_Sharman_full_interview.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">Download Episode!<\/a><br \/>\n<p>This podcast extra is our full length interview with Dr Helen Sharman, Britain&#8217;s First astronaut and the first woman to visit the Russian Mir Space Station in 1991.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this interview we discuss:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li> Tim Peake <\/li><li> Access to space during a time of no UK funding <\/li><li> The skills needed to be an astronaut <\/li><li> Training for spaceflight at Star City in Russia <\/li><li> The collapse of the Soviet Union just before launch <\/li><li> Speaking with Mikhail Gorbachev from the Mir Space Station <\/li><li> Comparing Mir to a camping trip! <\/li><li> Acclimatising to spaceflight in the Soyuz capsule <\/li><li> Science conducted by Helen on Mir <\/li><li> The UK&#8217;s reticence to fund human spaceflight <\/li><li> NASA&#8217;s plans for missions beyond Low Earth Orbit <\/li><li> Post-Brexit uncertainty over science and collaboration <\/li><li> Promoting space <\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Download Episode! 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