Bondar, who is also a pilot, was the first
neurobiologist in space and is an accomplished scientist and
M.D. She has five university degrees and over 20 honourary
degrees from Canadian universities. Bondar has received the
Order of Canada, is a lifetime member and activist with “Friends
of the Earth” and is an avid photographer.
Viewers see the making of a Canadian hero through vivid footage
of her astronaut training, the launch of the space shuttle
Discovery, the space mission itself and her homecoming in
1992.
The biography follows Bondar today as she criss-crosses the
continent: doing research into space medicine at NASA in Houston
and at London’s University of Western Ontario; photographing
the desert in White Sands, New Mexico; talking to Girl Guides
at the Bay of Fundy; and back home in Sault Ste. Marie.
Bondar received an enthusiastic welcome when she returned
to Canada after the space flight. However, prestigious job
offers have failed to come her way. Today, back on the ground,
she seeks new frontiers in her research into space medicine,
in her new-found passion of ecological photography and in
a personal life filled with solitude and introspection.
Original Air Date - October 4, 1996
In June 2000, Passionate Vision, Roberta Bondar's photographic
journey of Canada's National Parks began showing at the Canadian
Museum of Nature.
Links
Roberta
Bondar Earth and Space Centre Planetarium
Roberta
Bondar: Adventures in Science and Technology
Association
of Space Explorers
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