Why Did Roberta Bondar Go to Space?
Because I Did Not Want People to Ignore Me as a Woman." Having Earned Those Four Degrees, Including a Phd and an Md, Bondar Took Part in the Sts-42 Research...
because I did not want people to ignore me as a woman." Having earned those four degrees, including a PhD and an MD, Bondar took part in the STS-42 research mission in 1992, aboard the space shuttle Discovery. She became the first Canadian woman, as well as the first neurologist, to go to space.
What inspired Roberta Bondar to be an astronaut?
A childhood dream to be an astronaut was realized when Dr. Roberta Bondar launched from Earth in January 1992 aboard NASA's Space Shuttle Discovery as the first neurologist in space and Canada's first female astronaut.
Why did Roberta Bondar travel to space?
Astronaut. On January 22nd 1992, Dr. Roberta Bondar became the first Canadian woman and the world's first neurologist in space, launching aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery on Mission STS-42 to conduct experiments in the International Microgravity Laboratory (IML-1).
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