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What is the significance of Roberta Bondar?
- The first Canadian woman to climb Mount Everest
- Canada's first female Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
- Canada's first female astronaut, who flew on the Space Shuttle Discovery in 1992
- Canada's first female Prime Minister
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Roberta Bondar became Canada's first female astronaut and the world's first neurologist in space when she flew aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery in January 1992 as part of mission STS-42. Her mission focused on life sciences research in microgravity. Bondar later became a celebrated nature photographer and continues to advocate for science education.