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Roberta Bondar Blasts into Space, 1992

It was January 22, 1992. Cape Canaveral, Florida. Astronaut Dr. Roberta Bondar, on board the spacecraft Discovery, blasted into space. She became the first Canadian woman to travel into space!

Watch the launch of Discovery, 1992

Roberta Bondar (Courtesy Canadian Space Agency)

Check out this television clip from the CBC Archives.

More about Roberta Bondar

Check out our biography about this Canadian heroine on heroines.ca.