Editing Roberta Bondar (section)

== Career ==
As one of the first six members of the [[Canadian Astronaut Corps]] selected in 1983, Bondar began astronaut training in 1984, and in 1992 she was designated [[Payload Specialist]] for the first International Microgravity Laboratory Mission (IML-1).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thoughtco.com/roberta-bondar-profile-511052|title=Who is Dr. Roberta Bondar?|website=ThoughtCo}}</ref> Bondar flew on the [[NASA]] [[Space Shuttle Discovery]] during Mission [[STS-42]], January 22–30, 1992, during which she performed over 40 experiments in the [[Spacelab]].<ref name="CSA2011" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spacefacts.de/bios/international/english/bondar_roberta.htm|title=Astronaut Biography: Roberta Bondar|first=Joachim|last=Becker|website=spacefacts.de}}</ref> Her work studying the effects of low-gravity situations on the human body allowed NASA to prepare astronauts for long stays in the space station.<ref name=":1" />[[File:Roberta Bondar 2007.jpg|thumb|Bondar giving an environmentalism presentation in 2007|alt=]]

After her astronaut career, Bondar led an international team of researchers at NASA for more than a decade, examining data obtained from astronauts on space missions to better understand the mechanisms underlying the body's ability to recover from exposure to space.<ref>R. Hughson and R. Bondar ''Autonomic nervous system function in space'', in Handbook of Clinical Neurology (O. Appenzeller, ed.), Vol. 74 (30): 273‐305, 1999.</ref> Bondar's research in space recovery considered the linkage to Parkinson's disease in addition to other neurological effects.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nsb.com/speakers/roberta-bondar/|title=Roberta Bondar {{!}} Speaker, Astronaut, Women in STEM Advocate & Nature Photographer|website=National Speakers Bureau|language=en|access-date=March 5, 2020}}</ref>

Bondar pursued her interests in photography with an emphasis on natural environments; she was an Honors student in Professional Nature Photography at the [[Brooks Institute]] of Photography, Santa Barbara, California. She is the author of four photo essay books that feature her photography of the Earth.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.therobertabondarfoundation.org/about-roberta/dr-roberta-bondar-as-photographer/|title=Dr Roberta Bondar as Photographer {{!}} The Roberta Bondar Foundation|language=en-US|access-date=March 25, 2020}}</ref> These published books include ''Landscape of Dreams, Passionate Vision: Discovering Canada's National Parks, The Arid Edge of Earth,'' and ''Touching the Earth''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thoughtco.com/roberta-bondar-profile-511052|title=Who is Dr. Roberta Bondar?|last=B. A.|first=Political Science|website=ThoughtCo|language=en|access-date=February 25, 2020}}</ref> Bondar was also a certified sky diver, underwater diver and private pilot.<ref name="CSA2011" />

Bondar has also been a consultant and speaker to diverse organizations, drawing on her expertise as an astronaut, physician, scientific researcher, photographer, author, environment interpreter, and team leader. Not only can interviews from radio and TV be found of Bondar, but she also played a role in the movie ''Destiny in Space.'' Furthermore, Bondar's expertise was consulted in programs that captured both the literal and figurative takeoff of groundbreaking science—that is, the space shuttle.<ref name=":0">{{cite press release|title=Dr. Roberta Bondar appointed Chancellor of Trent University|publisher=[[Trent University]]|date=January 31, 2003|url=http://www.trentu.ca/news/pressreleases/030121rbondar.html|access-date=April 17, 2011}}</ref>

In 2009, Bondar registered The Roberta Bondar Foundation as a not-for-profit charity.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.therobertabondarfoundation.org/about-the-foundation/|title=About The Foundation – The Roberta Bondar Foundation|website=therobertabondarfoundation.org}}</ref> The foundation focuses on environmental awareness.