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16
JanWhat Changed Dr. Bondar’s View
Piya Chattopadhyay | The Sunday Magazine (CBC) | January 16 2022 Roberta Bondar left Earth 30 years ago and never saw the planet the same after that Thirty years after becoming the first neurologist and the first Canadian woman in … Continue reading →
04
DecHappy Birthday, Roberta!
On this day in Sault Ste Marie Ontario, future neuro-ophthalmologist and payload specialist Roberta Lynn Bondar was born. Of course, no one knew all that at the time. Or even what those words meant. She had to learn to walk … Continue reading →
Tag Archives: Simon Mayr
The Andromeda Flame
On December 15, 1612, astronomer Simon Marius [Mayr or Mayer] became the first modern observer to locate and describe the Andromeda galaxy. Telescopy being in its infancy, however, he detailed how its shape to his eye appeared like that of … Continue reading
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Tagged Andromeda galaxy, December 15, M31, On This Day, Simon Marius, Simon Mayr, The Roberta Bondar Foundation
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