Roberta Bondar

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Roberta Bondar is a Canadian neurologist, astronaut, and photographer who became the first Canadian woman to travel into space.

Aliases (1)
  • Roberta Bondar Foundation ×1

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instanceOf astronaut
human
neurologist
photographer
countryOfCitizenship Canada
dateOfBirth 1945-12-04
educatedAt Tufts University
University of Guelph
University of Toronto
University of Western Ontario
employer Canadian Space Agency
NASA
fieldOfWork neurology
photography
space medicine
founded Roberta Bondar Foundation
genre scientific photography
hasAcademicDegree Doctor of Medicine
PhD in neurobiology
hasHonor Canadian Medical Hall of Fame inductee
NASA Space Flight Medal
Order of Canada
Order of Ontario
hasOccupation public speaker
knownFor nature and landscape photography
languageSpoken English
memberOf Canadian Space Agency Astronaut Corps
missionEndDate 1992-01-30
missionRole payload specialist
missionStartDate 1992-01-22
nationality Canadian
notableFor being the first Canadian woman in space
notableWork space-based research on the human nervous system
occupation astronaut
neurologist
photographer
physician
scientist
placeOfBirth Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada
residence Ontario, Canada
sexOrGender female
spaceMission STS-42
spaceShuttle Space Shuttle Discovery
timeInSpace about 8 days


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