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Thirty years on, ‘spaceman’ Roberta Bondar is still flying high

Thirty years on, ‘spaceman’ Roberta Bondar is still flying high

Chris KnightNational Post.com Chris Knight can ask questions! His interview with Dr. Roberta Bondar covered wide-ranging discussions from recordings of Canadians she took into space with her and when she played them on orbit how physical and visual experiences of seeing Earth’s edge and…

Still exploring 30 years after space voyage

Still exploring 30 years after space voyage

Keri SweetmanOntario Medical Review Sweetman reveals the passion and purposeful care of physician Dr. Roberta Bondar for her planet. Following insights from the astronaut’s view of Earth from the orbiting Spacelab, Sweetman expands on Dr. Bondar’s activities after landing. Pioneering Space Medicine research and applying…

AMASS Storymaps grouped with “Birds of a Feather”!

AMASS Storymaps grouped with “Birds of a Feather”!

Collection #NationalBirdDayStorymaps ArcGIS .com The ArcGIS collections team included The Roberta Bondar Foundation’s AMASS StoryMap series in their bird map collection to help celebrate 2022’s National Bird Day (US). You’ll find us here with some of our colleagues dedicated to the many aspects of exploring & tracking bird migration– USFWS…

Species At Risk

Species At Risk

Above & Beyond; Canada’s Arctic JournalInflight Magazine for Canadian North A recent collaboration between The Roberta Bondar Foundation and Wood Buffalo National Park-Parks Canada appears in this summer’s edition of Above & Beyond; Canada’s Arctic Journal. The article, Species at Risk, briefly reviews the current status…

Space Station Images Trace Bird Migrations

Space Station Images Trace Bird Migrations

Houston TXNASA Johnson NASA released its new ISS research feature on our Space For Birds | AMASS research project in time to share on World Migratory Bird Day 2021. AMASS project designer-photographer Dr Roberta Bondar, ISS astronaut-photographer Dr. David Saint-Jacques, and CEO Payload operator Andrea Meado…

This Is Our Shot, Canada!

This Is Our Shot, Canada!

Toronto ONThe Roberta Bondar Foundation Dr. Roberta Bondar joins with thousands of Canadians to share her COVID-19 vaccination message for This Is Our Shot CA campaign. Speaking as a photographer, a physician, a neurologist, and an astronaut, she encourages us to complete our own vaccination path…

International Space Station Images Trace Bird Migrations

International Space Station Images Trace Bird Migrations

International Space StationNASA The latest report about our AMASS / Space for Birds project is featured in today’s ISS Research News. Images are part of the space station’s Crew Earth Observation (CEO) project that has supported AMASS since 2016, by photographing locations of bird migration across the…