Roberta Bondar
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Roberta Lynn Bondar is a Canadian astronaut, neurologist and consultant. She is Canada's first female astronaut and the first neurologist in space.
Bondar in 1991
Bondar giving an environmentalism presentation in 2007
STS-42
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STS-42 was a NASA Space Shuttle Discovery mission with the Spacelab module. Liftoff was originally scheduled for 8:45 EST on January 22, 1992, but the launch was delayed due to weather constraints. Di
Roberta Bondar
…Payload Specialist for the first International Microgravity Laboratory Mission (IML-1). Bondar flew on the NASA Space Shuttle Discovery during Mission STS-42, January 22–30, 1992, during which she performed over 40 experiments in the Spacelab. Her work studying the effects of low-gravity situations on the…
Spacelab Module LM2 in Discovery's payload bay, serving as the International Microgravity Laboratory (IML).
From left: Oswald, Bondar, Thagard, Grabe, Hilmers, Merbold and ReaddySpace Shuttle program← STS-44 (44)STS-45 (46) →
Discovery lifts off at the start of STS-42.
STS 133 Space Shuttle Discovery after undocking 3