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Roberta Bondar is Canada's first female astronaut and first neurologist to go to space. As a neurologist Roberta studied the brain and how it works. She and her colleagues studied many things about space, including how humans respond to microgravity,when there is so little gravity you feel weightless.
Roberta's Early Life
Roberta was born in Sault Ste. Marie Ontario on December 4, 1945. She went to elementary school and graduated from Sir James Dunn Collegiate and Vocational School. When Roberta was about 8 years old being a astronaut was her dream job. Both of her parents encouraged Roberta and her older sister, Barbra to be goal oriented so the two girls were involved in many activities including Girl Guides, Church groups and many sports.
Awards and Accomplishments
Did You Know...
On June 28, 2011 Roberta became the first astronaut to recieve a star on Canada's Walk of Fame. Did you know that there are 3 schools named after Roberta Bondar which are all right here in Ontario. She is also an officer of the Order of Canada and the Order of Ontario and is the recipient of the NASA Space Medal. In addition Roberta has won YWCA Women of Distinction Award and the 1995 International Women's Day Award.
-Not only is she a neurologist and astronaut, but she is also a nature photographer
-Roberta has published two books about photography
-Roberta was very athletic and at a local YMCA she was named "female athlete of the year"
- She was a professor at the University of Toronto
In February 1984 Roberta moved to Ottawa to take part in yhe National Research training program; later that year she joined the faculty of medicine at the University of Ottawa. In early 1990 she was designated as the prime specialist for the first International Microgravity Laboratory Mission(IML-1). During this 8 day mission she conducted experiments in the Spacelab to discover means to allow future astronauts to undertake longer flights in space.