Posted on Feb 20, 2019
Roberta Bondar on how the Challenger disaster changed spaceflight | CBC News
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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 as a member of Mission STS-42.
She was the first neurologist to travel to space and conducted experiments in the shuttle's Spacelab module as part of her mission.
Since her time in space, Bondar served as NASA's head of space medicine and started her own charitable foundation. She is also an accomplished photographer.
On the 25th anniversary of her time on Discovery, Bondar reflected on how that mission changed her life in an interview with the CBC's Peter Mansbridge.
After blasting off on Jan. 22, 1992, Bondar spent eight days orbiting Earth as a member of Mission STS-42.
She was the first neurologist to travel to space and conducted experiments in the shuttle's Spacelab module as part of her mission.
Since her time in space, Bondar served as NASA's head of space medicine and started her own charitable foundation. She is also an accomplished photographer.
On the 25th anniversary of her time on Discovery, Bondar reflected on how that mission changed her life in an interview with the CBC's Peter Mansbridge.
Roberta Bondar on how the Challenger disaster changed spaceflight | CBC News
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The morale, PO1 William "Chip" Nagel, is that it is not enough to be at the forefront of space travel BUT to do it with every “I” dotted and every “T” crossed.
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