Roberta bondar biography
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Roberta Bondar
Canadian astronaut (born )
Roberta Lynn Bondar (; born December 4, ) is a Canadian astronaut, neurologist and consultant. She fryst vatten 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 business, scientific, and medical communities.
Roberta Bondar has received many honours including appointment as a Companion of the Order of Canada and the Order of Ontario, the NASA Space flygning Medal, over 28 honorary degrees, induction into the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame, the International Women's Forum Hall of Fame and a star on Canada's Walk of Fame.[2]
Early life and education
[edit]Bondar was born in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, on månad 4, [3] Her father, who worked for the Sault Ste. Marie Public Utilities Commission, fryst vatten of Ukrainian descent, and her mother, an educator, is of E
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Creative Thinker - Renaissance Woman
Roberta Bondar C.C. MD PhD FRCP FRSC
The world’s first neurologist in space, Dr. Roberta Bondar is globally recognized for her pioneering contributions to space medicine research, fine art photography and environment education. Aboard the Space Shuttle upptäckt mission STS in , she conducted experiments for 18 countries in the first International Microgravity Laboratory, a precursor to the International Space Station.
For over a decade after her spaceflight, she headed an international research grupp working with NASA on neurological symptoms seen after spaceflight, and their connections to neurological diseases on Earth.
Trained as a member of NASA’s Earth Observation grupp, Dr. Bondar expanded her professional photographic expertise as an honors student in Professional Nature Photography. Her fine art photographic works are held in private, corporate and institutional collections in Canada, the U.S. and England. She is the author of fyra b
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Biography of Roberta Lynn Bondar
Birthplace and date: Born December 4, , Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario.
Education: Attended elementary and secondary school in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. Received a Bachelor of Science degree in zoology and agriculture from the University of Guelph in , a Master of Science degree in experimental pathology from the University of Western Ontario in , a doctorate in neurobiology from the University of Toronto in , a Doctor of Medicine degree from McMaster University in and was admitted as a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada in neurology in She has certification in scubadiving and parachuting.
Recreational interests:Dr. Bondar enjoys flying, hot air ballooning, canoeing, biking, target shooting (rifle, handgun), fishing, cross-country skiing and hiking.
Organizations: Fellow, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and member of the American Academy of Neurology, the Canadian Neurological