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 We independently select ...

Roberta Bondar, Canada’s first female astronaut and a neuro-ophthalmologist, has drawn attention to the overlapping biological and environmental hazards facing the Artemis II crew as NASA prepares for ...

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 ...

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 ...

It's been 30 years since Roberta Bondar was strapped into a five-point harness on the space shuttle Discovery and blasted into fame as Canada's first female astronaut. But first, she left a tearful ...

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 ...

Never think you’ve reached your potential and never eat yellow Jell-O if you get into space, Canada’s first female astronaut Dr. Roberta Bondar said Thursday. “People always tell you to reach for the ...

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 ...