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Roberta Lynn Bondar (/ ˈ b ɒ n d ər /; born December 4, 1945) is a Canadian astronaut, neurologist and consultant. She is Canada's first female astronaut and the first neurologist in space. After more than a decade as head of an international space medicine research team collaborating with NASA, Bondar became a consultant and speaker in the ...
The Canadian Astronaut Corps is a unit of the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) that selects, trains, and provides astronauts as crew members for U.S. and Russian space missions. [1] The corps has four active members, able to serve on the International Space Station (ISS).
Roberta Bondar Dec. 4, 1945 Canada: First Canadian woman in space. First Ukrainian Canadian woman in space. STS-42 (Jan. 22, 1992) 19 Nancy Jan Davis Nov. 1, 1953 United States: With husband Mark Lee, became the first married couple to launch into space together: STS-47 (Sep. 12, 1992) STS-60 (Feb. 3, 1994) STS-85 (Aug. 7, 1997) 20 Mae Jemison
He was an MP in Westmount, Montreal for 15 years. Prior to entering politics, Garneau served as a naval officer and was selected as an astronaut, part of the 1983 NRC Group. On October 5, 1984, he became the first Canadian in outer space as part of STS-41-G and served on two subsequent Space Shuttle missions— STS-77 and STS-97.
Roberta Bondar, Marc Garneau, Steve MacLean, Ken Money, Robert Thirsk, and Bjarni Tryggvason This first Canadian astronaut group was selected by the National Research Council and were transferred to the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) when it was created in 1989. All the astronauts flew on the US Space Shuttle by 1997 except Ken Money, who resigned ...
The parties agreed in the settlement that Bondar did not owe any additional taxes for 2009, but still needed to pay $13,493 for 2008 and 2010. - Clifton Adcock The Frontier's rating system
STS-45 (46) →. STS-42 was a NASA Space Shuttle Discovery mission with the Spacelab module. Liftoff was originally scheduled for 8:45 EST (13:45 UTC) on January 22, 1992, but the launch was delayed due to weather constraints. Discovery successfully lifted off an hour later at 9:52:33 EST (14:52:33 UTC) on her 14th flight. [1]
May 15, 2024 at 4:04 AM. Paul Bondar is running against Rep. Tom Cole for Oklahoma's 4th Congressional District. A wealthy Texas businessman — with few connections to Oklahoma ― is one of four ...