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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.
Oct 16, 2011 · Bondar became the first Canadian woman and second Canadian in space when she flew aboard the American space shuttle Discovery in 1992. A doctor specializing in the nervous system, she is a pioneer in space medicine research. Bondar is also an exhibited and published nature photographer.
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.
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.
Jul 18, 2019 · For eight days in January 1992, Roberta Bondar circled the Earth aboard the space shuttle Discovery, becoming the first Canadian woman and the first neurologist to go to space.
Jan 21, 2022 · Dr. Roberta Bondar, Canada's first female astronaut, sits in front of a computer screen with the delicate curvature of Earth hanging in the blackness of space as...
Dr. Roberta Bondar is Canada's first woman astronaut and the world's first neurologist in space (NASA MISSION STS-42, January 1992). Even before her selection to the Canadian Space Program in December 1983, Dr. Bondar was a highly accomplished physician and researcher studying the nervous system.
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.
Dr. Roberta Bondar is an acclaimed photographer of the natural wonders of our planet. In 1992 Dr. Bondar flew as an international astronaut onboard the space shuttle Discovery. As part of NASA’s Earth Observation Team, her in-flight role included photographing planet Earth using many different camera types.
