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Roberta Lynn Bondar, Order of Canada|OC, Royal
College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada|FRCPC
 is a Canada|Canadian astronaut, the first
Canadian woman in space. 

She was born on December 4, 1945, in Sault Ste.
Marie, Ontario|Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. She
holds a B.Sc in zoology and agriculture from the
University of Guelph (1968), an M.Sc in
experimental pathology from the University of
Western Ontario (1971), a doctorate in
neurobiology from the University of Toronto
(1974), an M.D. from McMaster University (1977),
and is a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians
and Surgeons of Canada in neurology (1981).

She began her astronaut training in 1984, and in
1990 was designated a prime Payload Specialist for
the first International Microgravity Laboratory
Mission (IML-1). Dr. Bondar flew on the NASA Space
Shuttle Discovery during Mission STS-42, January
22-January 30|30, 1992, during which she performed
experiments in the Spacelab.

Dr. Bondar left the Canadian Space Agency in 1992
to pursue her research.  She is currently
chancellor of Trent University.

In 1992 she was made an Officer of the Order of
Canada. In 1998 she was inducted into the Canadian
Medical Hall of Fame.

==External link==
*http://www.robertabondar.ca Official site

See Canadian space program.
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