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Roberta Bondar

1945 - Today

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Roberta Lynn Bondar (; born December 4, 1945) is a Canadian astronaut, neurologist and consultant. She is 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 Flight 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Roberta Bondar is the 163rd most popular astronaut (down from 137th in 2019), the 303rd most popular biography from Canada (down from 273rd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Canadian Astronaut.

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Roberta Bondar ranks 163 out of 556. Before her are Mike Massimino, Michael Foreman, Chiaki Mukai, Valeri Tokarev, Yury Glazkov, and Vitaly Sevastyanov. After her are Oleg Grigoryevich Makarov, Vladimir Kovalyonok, Paul J. Weitz, Leonid Kadeniuk, Fyodor Yurchikhin, and Robert Henry Lawrence Jr..

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Roberta Bondar ranks 338. Before her are Abdolkarim Soroush, Lydia Shum, Michael Blake, Patricia Crone, Gordon Thomson, and Marion Rung. After her are David A. Granger, Tommy Franks, Walter Momper, Tammi Terrell, Ivan Lins, and Norio Wakamoto.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Roberta Bondar ranks 303 out of 1,622. Before her are Stana Katic (1978), Stephen McHattie (1946), Kim Coates (1958), Snow (1969), Patricia Jones (1930), and Gordon Thomson (1945). After her are Barry Pepper (1970), Edward Routh (1831), Lawrence Lambe (1863), Deborah Kara Unger (1966), Tommy Chong (1938), and David Card (1956).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In Canada

Among astronauts born in Canada, Roberta Bondar ranks 2. Before her are Steve MacLean (1954). After her are Chris Hadfield (1959), Robert Thirsk (1953), Dafydd Williams (1954), Gregory Chamitoff (1962), David Saint-Jacques (1970), and Jeremy Hansen (1976).

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