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Roberta Bondar

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image:roberta-bondar.jpg|frame|Dr. Roberta Bondar, OC , O.Ont , MD , Ph.D , D.Sc

Dr. Roberta Lynn Bondar, Order of Canada|OC , Order of Ontario|O.Ont , Doctor of Medicine|MD , Doctor of Philosophy|Ph.D , Doctor of Science|D.Sc , Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada|F.R.C.P.(C) was a Canadian Astronaut (born December 4, 1945, in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario|Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario.) She holds a Bachelor of Science|B.Sc in zoology and agriculture from the University of Guelph (1968), an Master of Science|M.Sc in experimental pathology from the University of Western Ontario (1971), a Doctor of Philosophy|Ph.D in neurobiology from the University of Toronto (1974), an Doctor of Medicine|MD from McMaster University (1977), and is a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada in neurology 1981.

She began her astronaut training in 1984, and in 1990 was designated a prime Payload Specialist for the first International Microgravity Laboratory Mission (IML-1). Dr. Bondar flew on the NASA Space Shuttle Discovery during Mission STS-42, January 22-January 30|30, 1992, during which she performed experiments in the Spacelab.

Dr. Bondar left the Canadian Space Agency in 1992 to pursue her research. She is currently chancellor of Trent University.

In 1992 she was made an Officer of the Order of Canada. In 1998 she was inducted into the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame. She was also made a Member of the Order of Ontario. Soon Roberta Bondar became the first female Canadian to go to space.





  • http://www.robertabondar.ca Official site

  • http://www.spacefacts.de/bios/international/english/bondar_roberta.htm Spacefacts biography of Roberta Bondar

  • http://www.gg.ca/honours/search-recherche/honours-desc.asp?lang=e&TypeID=orc&id=3001 Order of Canada Citation



See Canadian space program.

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Category:1945 births|Bondar, Roberta
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Category:Canadian biologists|Bondar, Roberta
Category:Canadian medical researchers|Bondar, Roberta
Category:Canadian university chancellors and presidents|Bondar, Roberta
Category:Members of the Order of Canada|Bondar, Roberta
Category:People from the Sault (Ontario)|Bondar, Roberta
Category:Ukrainian Canadians |Bondar, Roberta
Category:University of Western Ontario alumni|Bondar, Roberta
Category:Women scientists|Bondar, Roberta
Category:Canadian physicians|Bondar, Roberta
Category:Members of the Order of Ontario|Bondar, Roberta
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