Dr. Roberta Bondar, Canada's first female astronaut, sits in front of a computer screen with the delicate curvature of Earth hanging in the blackness of space as her background. It's not a photo she ...

On a calm night you can see starlight reflected on the waters of Batchawana Bay, a sheltered indent in the Lake Superior shoreline just north of Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. For Roberta Bondar, it was the ...

Long after her work on the space shuttle Discovery, Roberta Bondar talks about the climate, her work in conservation, education, inspiration and looking beyond our planet You can save this article by ...

Roberta Bondar was the first Canadian female astronaut in space and first neuroscientist. Roberta Bondar was the first Canadian female astronaut in space (1992) and the first ever neuroscientist. She ...

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When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Twenty-five years after Canada's first woman lifted off into space, the nation has launched a new ...

The morning of January 22, 1992, was chilly along the east coast of Florida. NASA officials watched the temperatures closely — just six years earlier, cold temperatures contributed to the Challenger ...

It's been 25 years since Roberta Bondar, Canada's first female astronaut, launched into space aboard the shuttle Discovery. After blasting off on Jan. 22, 1992, Bondar spent eight days orbiting Earth ...

It was 25 years ago that Sault Ste Marie's Roberta Bondar became the first Canadian woman to shoot into space. She says that trip really stuck with her and inspired her to want to protect the planet.

An Ottawa band named after Canadian astronaut Roberta Bondar has agreed to change its name after receiving a “friendly” lawyer’s letter asking them to make sure the public wasn’t mistaking the space ...

Three decades ago, Roberta Bondar gained a whole new perspective of Earth, one few have an opportunity to experience. Making history as the first female Canadian astronaut, the University of Toronto ...

On Jan. 22, 1992, Dr. Roberta Bondar made history as Canada’s first woman in space. “I have always said that there are three dangerous parts about space: The launch, the landing and everything in ...