 Roberta Lynn BondarSpace
Shuttle astronaut
Biographical Data
Born
Birthplace Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada
Education
Elementary and Secondary Sault
Ste. Marie
Bachelor of Sciences in Zoology and Agriculture
University of Guelph, 1968
Master of Sciences in Experimental Pathology
University of Western Ontario, 1971
Ph.D. in Neurobiology University of Toronto,
1974
M.D. McMaster University, 1977
Fellow as a Specialist in Neurology Royal
College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, 1981
Medical/Research/Teaching
Career
Assistant Professor of Medicine
(Neurology), McMaster University, 1982-1984
scientific staff, Sunnybrook Medical Centre, Toronto,
1988-present
Distinguished Professor, Centre for Advanced Technology
Education, Ryerson Polytechnic University,
Toronto, Ontario, 1992-present
Adjunct Professor, Department of Biology, University of
New Mexico, 1992-1994
visiting research scholar, Department of
Neurology, University of New Mexico, 1993-1995
Visiting Distinguished Fellow, Department of Medicine,
Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University,
1993-1994
Visiting Distinguished Professor, Faculty of Kinesiology,
University of Western Ontario, 1994-present
Spaceflight Career
One of the six original Canadian astronauts selected
in December 1983.
Began astronaut training in February 1984.
Served as chairperson of the Canadian Life Sciences
Subcommittee for Space Station from 1985 to 1989.
Served as a member of the Ontario Premier's Council on
Science and Technology from 1988 to 1989.
Designated a prime Payload Specialist for the first
International Microgravity Laboratory Mission (IML-1) in
1990.
Flew on the Space Shuttle Discovery during
Mission STS-42, January 22-30, 1992, where she performed
life science and material science experiments in the
Spacelab and on the middeck. She was the first
non-American woman to fly on the Space Shuttle.
Left the Canadian Space Agency effective September 4,
1992, to pursue her research.
Writings
Touching the Earth
Canada -- Landscape of Dreams
Passionate Vision: Discovering Canada's
National Parks
The Arid Edge of Earth
Tree Portraits
Down to Earth
Bondar Vision
The Art of Adapting
Wobblers are for the Birds: Reality Check
Almost Home
Wanting to Dream
Driving Through Chaos
Reality Sucks Energy Big Time
Questions or comments about this
page?
Astronaut Biographies. www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/PS/Bondar.html
Official Website of Dr. Roberta Bondar. www.robertabondar.ca
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