Roberta Bondar

@Astronauts, Birthday and Facts ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Roberta Bondar or Roberta Lynn Bondar is the first Canadian woman to travel into space Canadian University Of Toronto Neurologists Miscellaneous Astronauts Sagittarius Celebrities Roberta Bondar or Roberta Lynn Bondar is the first Canadian woman to travel into space. She was also the first neurologist and researcher to do so. She has received many honors including the ‘Order of Canada’, the ‘Order of Ontario’, the Nasa space Medal’ and others. Her field of research was mainly the human nervous system on which she conducted a large number of basic and clinical experiments. She spent a decade being the head of NASA’s team for space medicine and has spoken of her experiences and ideas at various scientific, business and medical gatherings. She led a team of international researchers at NASA for more than a decade who examined the data received from various space flights to find out the effect of low gravity on the human body and its ability to overcome the exposure to the weightlessness in space. After her space career she pursued her interests in photography and covered many natural habitats of wild animals to write her books replete with numerous photographs. Roberta Bondar enjoyed flying, canoeing, biking, hot-air ballooning, fishing, cross-country hiking and skiing and target shooting with both handgun and rifle. Her work on space science and weightlessness helped others to understand many things that were hitherto unknown to mankind.

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Birthday: December 4, 1945 Nationality: Canadian Famous: Astronauts, Neurologists, University Of Toronto, Neurologists, Miscellaneous, Astronauts Known as: Roberta Lynn Bondar, Dr. Roberta Bondar, Dr. Bondar Universities: University Of Toronto University of Toronto University of Western Ontario University of Guelph McMaster University University of Toronto Mississauga Brooks Institute Notable Alumnis: University Of Toronto Birth Place: Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario Information Detail Birthday December 4, 1945 Nationality Canadian Famous Astronauts, Neurologists, University Of Toronto, Neurologists, Miscellaneous, Astronauts Known as Roberta Lynn Bondar, Dr. Roberta Bondar, Dr. Bondar Universities University Of Toronto University of Toronto University of Western Ontario University of Guelph McMaster University University of Toronto Mississauga Brooks Institute Notable Alumnis University Of Toronto Birth Place Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario Gender Female Father Edward Bondar Mother Mildred Bondar Sun Sign Sagittarius Born in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario Famous as Astronaut & Neurologist

Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario

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Roberta Bondar is not married and does not have any children.IIP Unsplash Personal Life

A park in her hometown of Sault Ste. Marie and many schools in Ajax, Brampton and Ottawa have been named after her. Unsplash Personal Life

Roberta Bondar was born on December 4, 1945 in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada. Her father was a Ukrainian while her mother was English. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

She attended the Sir James Dunn High School in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, before pursuing higher studies. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

She obtained her B.Sc. degree in agriculture and zoology from the University of Guleph in 1968. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

She worked for the ‘Federal Fisheries and Forestry Department’ for six years on genetics while she was an undergraduate. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

She did an internship in internal medicine at the Toronto general Hospital. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

During 1982-1984 she was appointed an assistant professor of medicine (neurology). Unsplash Career

In 1983 she was selected as one of the members of a team of six Canadian astronauts and started training to be one in 1984 at the ‘Canadian Space Agency’ or CSA. Unsplash Career

In early 1990 she was selected as a payload specialist for the first ‘International Microgravity Laboratory Mission’ or IML-1. This was a manned ‘Spacelab’ module which was being used to find out the effects of weightlessness on living organisms and other materials. Unsplash Career

She travelled into space as a payload specialist aboard the ‘Discovery Space Shuttle’ which was launched during ‘Mission STS-42’ on January 22, 1992 and came back to earth on January 30, 1992. Unsplash Career

During eight days in space she and the team of other astronauts conducted several experiments on the effect of weightlessness on the human nervous system, shrimp and fruit fly eggs and bacteria. Unsplash Career

One of the four books written by Roberta Bondar is titled ‘Touching the Earth’ which came out in 1994 and was about her space flight. Unsplash Major Works

Her book on Canada’s national parks titled ‘Passionate Vision’ came out in 2000. Unsplash Major Works

She wrote about deserts in another book titled ‘The Arid Edge of Earth’ published in 2006. Unsplash Major Works

Information	Detail
Birthday	December 4, 1945
Nationality	Canadian
Famous	Astronauts, Neurologists, University Of Toronto, Neurologists, Miscellaneous, Astronauts
Known as	Roberta Lynn Bondar, Dr. Roberta Bondar, Dr. Bondar
Universities	University Of Toronto University of Toronto University of Western Ontario University of Guelph McMaster University University of Toronto Mississauga Brooks Institute
Notable Alumnis	University Of Toronto
Birth Place	Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
Gender	Female
Father	Edward Bondar
Mother	Mildred Bondar
Sun Sign	Sagittarius
Born in	Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
Famous as	Astronaut & Neurologist

Roberta Bondar

Canadian

Dec 4, 1945

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Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario