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
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
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.
STS-42
…of experiments. The crew of STS-42 included the first non-American astronauts on a shuttle mission since the Challenger disaster, Ulf D. Merbold and Roberta Bondar. Merbold was West Germany first astronaut and was making his second flight on the shuttle. Bondar was Canada's first female astronaut. Mary L. Cleave…
Bondar in 1991
Bondar giving an environmentalism presentation in 2007