After her mission, Roberta Bondar’s curiosity about life in space landed her a new job -
heading up an international team studying the effects of space flight on people’s brains.
And she worked with experts around the world to use her new knowledge to help treat
diseases here on Earth.
Meanwhile, Dr. Bondar kept questioning, wondering, and getting excited about new
topics. She became an expert photographer (her pictures have been shown at the National
Gallery), an educator (Chancellor of Trent University), and a pilot.
Because she has done so many interesting things, Roberta Bondar is also a popular
speaker and writer, sharing her love of learning and exploring.
Her accomplishments have won her a long list of awards and honors, including induction
into the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame and the Order of Canada, and her picture has
been on a Canadian postage stamp. Apparently, curiosity can take you into space... and
to a lot of other interesting places too.
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