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Official portrait of STS-42 Payload Specialist Roberta L. Bondar wearing orange Launch and Entry Suit (LES) with the Canadian flag displayed in the background. Bondar represented Canada on the International Microgravity Laboratory 1 (IML-1) mission aboard Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103. Bondar became the first Canadian woman to fly in space when STS-42 launched on January 22, 1992.