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Roberta Lynn Bondar CC OOnt FRCPC FRSC (/ ˈ b ɒ n d ər /; born December 4, 1945) is a Canadian astronaut, neurologist and consultant. She is Canada's first female astronaut and the first neurologist in space.
Dr. Roberta Bondar left the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) effective September 4, 1992, to pursue her research. In this video on Roberta Bondar's career, you will learn about some of the achievements of the first Canadian woman and first neurologist in space.
Dr. Roberta L. Bondar, trailblazing astronaut and professional nature photographer, focuses on the lives and habitats of two majestic bird species—the endangered Whooping Crane in North America and the near-threatened Lesser Flamingo in Africa—through striking space, aerial, and surface photographs.
Oct 16, 2011 · On 22 January 1992, Roberta Bondar became the first Canadian woman, the second Canadian, and the first neurologist in space. She flew aboard space shuttle Discovery, the only Canadian and woman of the seven crew members of NASA Mission STS-42.
Roberta Bondar (born December 4, 1945, Sault Sainte Marie, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian neurologist, researcher, and astronaut. She was the first Canadian woman and the first neurologist to travel into space.
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Jan 22, 1992 · A childhood dream to be an astronaut was realized when Dr. Roberta Bondar launched from Earth in January 1992 aboard NASA's Space Shuttle Discovery as the first neurologist in space and Canada's first female astronaut.
Roberta Lynn Bondar Astronomy, Astrophysics and Space Science. First Canadian woman astronaut in space. The Story. When Bondar was young she would gaze up at the clear night skies of Northern Ontario and pretend to be Flash Gordon on an asteroid in search of “Ming the Merciless.”
