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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 ...
Roberta Bondar receives her star during the 2011 induction ceremony. New inductees are inducted annually at an unveiling ceremony where their star, a stylized maple leaf, is revealed. [4] The first was held in 1998 and only four of the twelve living inductees attended: Karen Kain, Norman Jewison, Barbara Ann Scott and Rich Little. [6]
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.
Figures profiled in the first season included Mordecai Richler, Craig Russell, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Farley Mowat, Roberta Bondar, Anne Murray, Peter Lougheed, Daniel Igali, Karen Kain, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Bob White and Don Cherry, [2] while profiles in the second season included Emily Carr, Burton Cummings, Peter Gzowski and Gilles Villeneuve.
Paul Bondar, a wealthy Texas businessman – with few, if any connections to Oklahoma – is one of four Republicans trying to defeat U.S. Rep. Tom Cole.
Roberta Bondar Public School [1] Rockcliffe Park Public School; Severn Avenue Public; Summit Alternative; Vincent Massey Public; Viscount Alexander Public; W.E. Gowling Public; Woodroffe Avenue Public; York Street Public
Bondar's television advertising has criticized Cole for supporting Ukraine in its fight against Russia. “Congressman Tom Cole has voted to send more than $160 billion to Ukraine.
Julie Payette CC CMM COM CQ CD FCAE (French pronunciation: [ʒyli pajɛt]; born October 20, 1963) is a Canadian engineer, scientist and former astronaut who served from 2017 to 2021 as Governor General of Canada, the 29th since Canadian Confederation.