Helen Sharman was awarded the bronze and silver and gold Medal of the Royal Aero Club, in 1990.
Then, in 1991, she was chosen to light the flame at the 1991 Summer Universiade, held in Sheffield.
On live international television, she tripped while running through the infield of Don Valley Stadium, sending the burning embers onto the track.
Encouraged to continue her run, without any flame from the torch, she proceeded round the track and climbed to the ceremonial flame.
Despite the lack of any fire from the torch the ceremonial flame still ignited.

For her determined pioneering efforts, Sharman was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 1992 Birthday Honours, and the following year an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (HonFRSC).
Sharman was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in the 2018 New Year Honours for services to Science and Technology Outreach.

On 26 May 1991, by Decree of the President of the USSR No.
UP-2010, Helen was awarded the "Order of Friendship of Peoples".

On 12 April 2011, by Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No.
437, she was awarded the medal "For Merit in Space Exploration".

The British School in Assen, Netherlands is named the Helen Sharman School after her.
In addition there is a house named after her at Wallington High School for Girls, a grammar school in the London Borough of Sutton, where each house is named after a high achieving and influential woman.
The science block of Bullers Wood school, Chislehurst, Kent was opened by Sharman in 1994 and is called Sharman House.

There is also a house named after her at Rugby High School for Girls a girls' grammar school where houses are named after four influential women, and a Sharman house at Moorlands School, Leeds, where houses are named after inspiring people from Yorkshire.
 Additionally, a residential development in Stafford in the West Midlands of England has a street named Helen Sharman Drive in her honour.
and more recently a block of student flats in Sheffield bear her name.

She has received a number of honorary degrees from UK universities, including:
Helen Sharman was awarded the bronze and silver and gold Medal of the Royal Aero Club, in 1990. Then, in 1991, she was chosen to light the flame at the 1991 Summer Universiade, held in Sheffield. On live international television, she tripped while running through the infield of Don Valley Stadium, sending the burning embers onto the track. Encouraged to continue her run, without any flame from the torch, she proceeded round the track and climbed to the ceremonial flame. Despite the lack of any fire from the torch the ceremonial flame still ignited.
For her determined pioneering efforts, Sharman was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 1992 Birthday Honours, and the following year an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (HonFRSC). Sharman was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in the 2018 New Year Honours for services to Science and Technology Outreach.
On 26 May 1991, by Decree of the President of the USSR No. UP-2010, Helen was awarded the "Order of Friendship of Peoples". 
On 12 April 2011, by Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 437, she was awarded the medal "For Merit in Space Exploration".
The British School in Assen, Netherlands is named the Helen Sharman School after her. In addition there is a house named after her at Wallington High School for Girls, a grammar school in the London Borough of Sutton, where each house is named after a high achieving and influential woman. The science block of Bullers Wood school, Chislehurst, Kent was opened by Sharman in 1994 and is called Sharman House.
There is also a house named after her at Rugby High School for Girls a girls' grammar school where houses are named after four influential women, and a Sharman house at Moorlands School, Leeds, where houses are named after inspiring people from Yorkshire.  Additionally, a residential development in Stafford in the West Midlands of England has a street named Helen Sharman Drive in her honour. and more recently a block of student flats in Sheffield bear her name.
She has received a number of honorary degrees from UK universities, including:
Helen Sharman