Birthplace and date: Born August 29, 1959, in Sarnia, Ontario. Marital status: Married to Helene née Walter, of Etobicoke, Ontario. Children: Sons Kyle, born 1983, and Evan, born 1985. Daughter Kristin, born 1986. Education: Earned an Honours Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering from the Royal Military College in 1982. Graduated from the US Air Force Test Pilot School in 1988 and completed a Masters of Aviation Systems at the University of Tennessee in 1992. Experience: Col. Hadfield worked as a Research Engineer for the University of Waterloo during the summer of 1982. His research included the study of axial pump inducers for low pressure flow & computer flow analysis for various pump components.

From 1985 to 1988, he was a Fighter Pilot with 425 Tactical Fighter Squadron at Canadian Forces Base Bagotville in Chicoutimi, Quebec. During this posting, he flew the first CF-18 intercept of a Soviet aircraft in Canadian airspace and represented Canada at the William Tell Fighter Weapons Meet at Tyndall Air Force Base where the Canadian team won second place overall. In 1989, he was named a Canadian Exchange Officer with the US Naval Air Test Centre in Patuxent River, Maryland, where he remained until joining the Canadian Astronaut Program. He was project officer and pilot for the National Aerospace Plane Hydrogen External Burning test, which involved supersonic ignition of hydrogen on an F/A-18 aircraft. Other responsibilities included Pitch Control Margin testing to evaluate longitudinal control power at very high angles of attack, out of control testing in F/A-18 aircraft, and the development of several flight agility test techniques. In total, Col. Hadfield has flown over 2,000 hours in more than 50 different aircraft types. Selected by the CSA in June 1992, he was enrolled in Mission Specialist training at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. He has worked on technical and safety issues for NASA’s Astronaut Office Operations Development Branch. He was the first non-American to be assigned as Astronaut Support Personnel (ASP). As an ASP, Col. Hadfield represented the astronauts at the Kennedy Space Center, prepared the Shuttles and crews for launch, and assisted the crews after landing. On November 12, 1995, aboard Space Shuttle Atlantis, Col. Hadfield participated in STS-74, the second shuttle-to-Mir mission. Col Hadfield became the first Canadian to fly as a Mission Specialist, the first Canadian to board the Russian Space Station Mir and the first Canadian to operate the Canadarm in space. Atlantis landed safely at Cape Kennedy in Florida on November 20, 1995, completing 129 orbits of the earth and having travelled 5.5 million kilometres. Col. Hadfield currently works as a CAPCOM, the voice of mission control to shuttles in orbit. He is Chief CAPCOM for NASA, and Chief Astronaut for the CSA. In June 1997, Col. Hadfield was assigned to participate in his second space flight, Mission STS-100 which is scheduled for launch in 2000. During this mission, Col. Hadfield will become the first Canadian to perform a "space walk".

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Married to Cathy Fraser, of Pointe-Claire, Quebec. Children: Son Evan born August 23, 1994 and daughter Olivia born September 26, 1997.

Education: Attended High School in Beaconsfield, Quebec. Graduated from McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, with a Bachelor of Science degree, Major in Biology in 1976. Obtained a Master of Science from the Physiology Department, a Doctorate of Medicine and a Master of Surgery from the Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, in 1983. Completed Residency in Family Practice in the Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, in 1985. Obtained Fellowship in Emergency Medicine from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, following completion of a Residency in Emergency Medicine at the University of Toronto, in 1988.

Experience: Dr. Williams received postgraduate training in advanced invertebrate physiology at the Friday Harbour Laboratories, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington. Subsequently, his interests switched to vertebrate neurophysiology when, for his Master's Thesis, he became involved in basic science research on the role of adrenal steroid hormones in modifying the activity of regions within the central nervous system involved in the regulation of sleep wake cycles. While working in the Neurophysiological Laboratories at the Allan Memorial Institute for Psychiatry, he assisted in clinical studies of slow wave potentials within the central nervous system. In 1988, he became an Emergency Physician with the Department of Emergency Services at Sunnybrook Health Science Centre as well as a Lecturer with the Department of Surgery, University of Toronto. He served as a member of the Air Ambulance Utilization Committee with the Ministry of Health in Ontario, both as an academic Emergency Physician and later as a representative of community Emergency Physicians. In addition, he has trained basic ambulance attendants, paramedics, nurses, residents and practising physicians in cardiac and trauma resuscitation as a Course Director in Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) with the Canadian Heart and Stroke Foundation and in Advanced Trauma Life Support with the American College of Surgeons. From 1989 to 1990, he served as an Emergency Physician with the Emergency Associates of Kitchener Waterloo and as Medical Director of the Westmount Urgent Care Clinic. In 1990, he returned to Sunnybrook as Medical Director of the ACLS Program and Coordinator of Postgraduate Training in Emergency Medicine. Subsequently, he became the Acting Director of the Department of Emergency Services at Sunnybrook Health Science Centre, Assistant Professor of Surgery, University of Toronto and Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Toronto. Dr. Williams was selected by the Canadian Space Agency in June 1992. He completed basic training and in May 1993, was appointed Manager of the Missions and Space Medicine Group within the Astronaut Office. His collateral duty assignments have included supervising the implementation of Operational Space Medicine Activities within the Canadian Astronaut Office's Space Unit Life Simulation (CAPSULS) Project. This seven day simulated space mission was conducted at Defence and Civil Institute for Environmental Medicine (DCIEM) in Toronto. During the CAPSULS project, he was the principal investigator of a study to evaluate the initial training and retention or resuscitation skills by non-medical astronauts. He was also assigned as one of the crewmembers and acted as the crew medical officer. In May 1996, he successfully completed the Mission specialist training. His collateral duty assignments at NASA have included representing the Astronaut Office at the JSC Institutional Review Board and Science Merit Review Committee. He was a member of the Independent Advisory Team for the International Space Station Crew Health Care System (CheCs) and represented the Astronaut Program in the development of the Human Research Facility. He also participated as a member of the JSC Radiation Constraints Panel. On April 17, 1998 Dr. Dave Williams participated in Mission STS-90. Entitled Neurolab, this 16-day mission aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia, was dedicated to the advancement of neuroscience research which may lead to new

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treatments for common neurological conditions such as sleep disorders, motion sickness, balance disorders and disorders of the regulation of blood pressure. During this mission, the crew conducted a series of 26 life science experiments in the shuttle's Spacelab module. Astronaut Williams was a key figure in this mission as a Mission Specialist and official Crew Medical Officer. In addition to performing experiments in space and seeing to the crew's health and well-being, Astronaut Williams was also trained to perform contingency spacewalks. On July 21, 1998 Canadian Space Agency Astronaut Dave Williams was appointed Director of the Space and Life Sciences Directorate at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston. Dr. Williams will be responsible for a team of over 1,200 people devoted to understanding of the opportunities and challenges involved in life and work in space. Through a combination of fundamental and applied research in space and life sciences, participation in space flight projects, and the advancement and use of new technology, Dr. Williams' team will strive to capitalise on these opportunities and overcome some of the challenges of life in space.

Personal data: Born October 20, 1963, in Montreal, Quebec. Enjoys running, skiing, racquet sports and scuba diving. Holds a multi-engine commercial pilot license with instrument and float ratings. Ms. Payette plays piano and has sung with the Montreal Symphonic Orchestra Chamber Choir, the Piacere Vocale in Basel, Switzerland, and with the Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra Choir in Toronto, Canada. Fluent in French and English, and conversational in Spanish, Italian and Russian. Education: Primary and secondary school in Montreal, Quebec. International Baccalaureate (1982) at the United World International College of the Atlantic in South Wales, UK. Bachelor of Engineering (1986) from McGill University, Montreal and a Master of Applied Science (1990) from the University of Toronto.

Organisations: Member of l'Ordre des ingénieurs du Québec. Appointed member Governor-in-Council of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (1995-1998). Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering. Les Amies d'affaires du Ritz. Special honours: Received one of six Canadian scholarships to attend the International UWC of the Atlantic in South Wales, UK (1980). Greville-Smith Scholarship (1982-1986), highest undergraduate award at McGill University. McGill Faculty Scholar (1983-1986), graduated with distinction in 1986. NSERC post-graduate Scholarship (1988-1990). Massey College Fellowship (1988-1990). In November 1994, the Canadian Council of Professional Engineers awarded her its 1994 distinction for exceptional achievement by a young engineer. Experience: Research activities in computer systems, natural language processing, automatic speech recognition and the application of interactive technology to space. Between 1986 and 1988, Ms. Payette worked as a system engineer for IBM Canada. From 1988 to 1990, she was involved in a high-performance computer architecture project at the University of Toronto. In 1991, Ms. Payette joined the Communications and Computer Science Department of the IBM Research Laboratory in Zurich, Switzerland, for a one-year visiting scientist appointment. Upon her return to Canada, in January 1992, Ms. Payette joined the Speech Research Group of Bell-Northern Research in Montreal. Ms. Payette was selected as an astronaut by the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) in June 1992 and underwent training in Canada. After basic training, she worked as a technical advisor for the MSS (Mobile Servicing System), the Canadian contribution to the International Space Station. In 1993, Ms. Payette established the Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) Group at the Canadian Astronaut Office and served as a technical specialist on the NATO International Research Study Group (RSG-10) on speech processing (1993-1996). In preparation for a space assignment, Ms. Payette studied Russian and logged over 120 hours of reduced gravity flight time aboard various parabolic aircraft (KC-135, T-33, Falcon-20, DC-9). In April 1996, Ms. Payette completed a deep-sea diving hard suit training program in Vancouver BC and was certified as a one-atmosphere diving suit operator. Ms. Payette obtained her captaincy on military jet at the Canadian Air Force Base in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan in February 1996. She has since obtained her military instrument rating and continues to fly regularly with the training squadron. Ms. Payette has logged more than 700 hours of flight time, including 150 hours on the Tutor CT-114 jet aircraft. NASA experience: Ms. Payette reported to the Johnson Space Center in August 1996 to begin mission specialist training. After completing a year of training and evaluation, she was assigned to work technical issues for the Astronaut Office EVA/Robotics branch. Ms. Payette completed the initial astronaut training in April 1998. Julie Payette is scheduled to fly on Space Shuttle Discovery in May 1999 as part of the crew of STS-96, a 10-day logistics and resupply mission to the International Space Station. As such, Ms. Payette will become the first Canadian to visit and work aboard the Space Station.

Birthplace and date: Born January 4, 1935, Toronto, Ontario. Education: Attended primary and secondary schools in Toronto and Noranda, Quebec. Received a Bachelor's degree in physiology and biochemistry in 1958, a Master's degree in physiology in 1959 and a Doctorate in physiology in 1961 from the University of Toronto. Graduated with RCAF Pilot's Wings at the Advanced Flying School in Portage La Prairie, Manitoba, in 1957, and has logged 4,000 hours pilot time in T33, F86, C45 and Otter aircraft, and Kiowa Helicopter. On two occasions, he piloted successful search and rescue missions in northern wilderness areas using float-equipped Otter aircraft. Graduated from National Defence College in 1972. Graduated from the Accelerated Free Fall parachute course at the Spaceland Parachute Center in Houston in l988.

Recreational interests: Dr. Money enjoys badminton, skiing, flying, skydiving, fishing and reading. He represented Canada as a high-jumper on the track and field team at the Olympic Games in Melbourne, Australia, in 1956 and again at the British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales, in 1958. In his age group in the World Master's Games in 1985, he placed second in badminton (singles) and first in the high jump. In January, 1989, he won the American Masters' badminton championship (singles) at the International Tournament in Miami. Organizations: Member of the Canadian Physiological Society, the Planetary Society, the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, the American Society for Gravitational and Space Biology, the Canadian Sport Parachuting Association, the U.S. Parachute Association, and the Canadian Aerobatic Pilots' Club. He is an appointee to the Board of Governors of the U.S. National Space Society and he is a member of the NASA AMES Steering Committee on Simulator Induced Sickness. Special honours: Member of two U.S. National Academy of Sciences working groups on space motion sickness and on simulator sickness. Admitted a Fellow of the Royal Society of Health in 1973; was the W. Rupert Turnbull Lecturer, Canadian Aeronautics and Space Institute in 1981; elected a Fellow of the Aerospace Medical Association in 1983; elected an Academician of the International Academy of Astronautics in 1984; received the NASA Group Achievement Award in 1984 for scientific work done on the Spacelab 1 Mission; co-recipient of the F.W. (Casey) Baldwin Award in 1985 for the best paper in the Canadian Aeronautics and Space Journal; won the Wilbur R. Franks Award from the Canadian Society of Aviation Medicine for contributions to aviation medicine in 1986; Grass Foundation Neurosciences Lectureship, Penn State University, 1989. Experience: Dr. Money is the senior scientist at the Defence and Civil Institute of Environmental Medicine (DCIEM) of the Department of National Defence (DND) in Toronto from which he has been temporarily seconded in order to join the Canadian Astronaut Program. During his tenure at the Institute which began in 1961, he has made numerous contributions to knowledge in vestibular physiology and has written more than 90 scientific publications. He made advances in alleviating the problems of motion sickness and pilot disorientation in flight and was a major contributor to the development of the Malcolm Horizon, a new aircraft instrument that provides orientation information to peripheral vision. Since 1962 he has worked frequently in a variety of capacities with NASA scientists in the area of space motion sickness and orientation. He is a coinvestigator in the vestibular experiments of the Spacelab 1, D1, SLS-1, 41-G and IML-1 missions. He is also a senior researcher at St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto and an Associate Professor of physiology (part-time) at the University of Toronto, lecturing regularly to undergraduate classes. He also teaches occasionally at York University and has given invited scholarly addresses at other universities in Canada, the United States, Great Britain and Japan. He is one of the six Canadian astronauts selected in December, 1983 and was seconded to the National Research Council (NRC) from DND to begin astronaut training in February, 1984. Since 1986, his scientific work at DCIEM has been related to the Space Adaptation investigations of the IML-1 mission. In 1992, on the IML-1 spacelab mission STS-42, he was the spacelab operations radio communicator, and backup astronaut (payload specialist) for Dr. Roberta Bondar. Dr. Money left the Canadian Space Agency effective in July, 1992 to return to his position as senior scientist at DCIEM where he is currently involved in pilot disorientation research, and space science.

Personal data: Born February 23, 1949, in Quebec City, Canada.Married to the former Pamela Soame of Ottawa, Canada. Three children. He enjoys flying, scuba diving, squash,tennis, car mechanics, and home repairs. In 1969 and again in 1970, he sailed across the Atlantic in a 59-foot yawl with 12 other crewmen. His parents, Jean and Andre Garneau, reside in Ottawa, Canada. Her parents, Diana and James Soame, reside in Ottawa, Canada. Education: Attended primary and secondary schools in Quebec City & Saint-Jean, Quebec, and in London, England. Received a Bachelor of Science degree in engineering physics from the Royal Military College of Kingston in 1970, and a doctorate in electrical engineering from the Imperial College of Science and Technology, London, England, in 1973. Attended the Canadian Forces Command and Staff College of Toronto in 1982-83. Organisations: Honorary Fellow of the Canadian Aeronautics and Space Institute. Member of the Association of Professional Engineers of Nova Scotia, the Navy League of Canada, and the Canadian Academy

of Engineering. In 1988, he was named Honorary Member of the Canadian Society of Aviation Medicine. Special honors: Recipient of the Athlone Fellowship in 1970, and the National Research Council (NRC) Bursary in 1972. Awarded the Canadian Decoration (military) in 1980, and the NASA Space Flight Medal in 1984 and in 1996. Appointed as an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1984. Awarded three doctorates (Honoris causa) in 1985, one by Université Laval, Québec, the second by the Technical University of Nova Scotia, and the third by the Royal Military College, Kingston, Ontario. Co-recipient of the F.W. (Casey) Baldwin Award in 1985 for the best paper in the Canadian Aeronautics and Space Journal. In 1990 the Collège militaire royal de Saint-Jean presented him with a doctorate (Honoris causa). Experience: Dr. Garneau was a combat systems engineer in HMCS Algonquin, 1974-76. While serving as an instructor in naval weapon systems at the Canadian Forces Fleet School in Halifax, 1976-77, he designed a simulator for use in training weapons officers in the use of missile systems aboard Tribal class destroyers. He served as project engineer in naval weapon systems in Ottawa from 1977 to 1980. He returned to Halifax with the Naval Engineering Unit, which troubleshoots and performs trials on ship-fitted equipment, and helped develop an aircraft-towed target system for the scoring of naval gunnery accuracy. Promoted to Commander in 1982 while at Staff College, he was transferred to Ottawa in 1983 and became design authority for naval communications and electronic warfare equipment and systems. In January 1986, he was promoted to Captain. He retired from the Navy in 1989. He is one of six Canadian astronauts selected in December 1983. He was seconded to the Canadian Astronaut Program from the Department of National Defence in February 1984 to begin astronaut training. He flew as a payload specialist on Shuttle Mission 41-G, October 5-13, 1984. He was named Deputy Director of the Canadian Astronaut Program in 1989, providing technical and program support in the preparation of experiments to fly during future Canadian missions. He was selected for astronaut candidate training in July 1992. NASA experience: Dr. Garneau reported to the Johnson Space Center in August 1992. He completed a one-year training and evaluation program and is qualified for flight assignment as a mission specialist. Dr. Garneau initially worked technical issues for the Astronaut Office Robotics Integration Team. He subsequently served as spacecraft communicator (CAPCOM) in Mission Control during Shuttle flights. A veteran of two space flights (STS-41Gin 1984 and STS-77 in 1996), Dr. Garneau has logged over 437 hours in space. STS-41G (October 5-13, 1984) was an eight-day mission aboard Space Shuttle Challenger. Dr. Garneau was the first Canadian to fly on NASA's first mission to carry a seven-person crew. During 133 orbits of the earth in 3.4 million miles, the crew deployed the Earth Radiation Budget Satellite, conducted scientific observations of the earth with the OSTA-3 pallet and Large Format Camera (LFC), performed numerous in-cabin experiments, activated eight "Getaway Special" canisters, and demonstrated potential satellite refueling with an EVA and associated hydrazine transfer. Mission duration was 197 hours 23 minutes. STS-77 (May 19-29, 1996) was a ten-day mission aboard Space Shuttle Endeavour. During 160 orbits of the earth in 4.1 million miles, the crew deployed two satellites (the SPARTAN satellite which carried the Inflatable Antenna Experiment designed to test the concept of large, inflatable space structures, and the small Satellite Test Unit designed to test the concept of self-stabilisation by using aerodynamic forces and magnetic damping, conducted twelve materials processing, fluid physics and biotechnology experiments in the Spacehab laboratory module carried in Endeavour's payload bay. Mission duration was 240 hours and 39 minutes. Finally, STS-97 will be Marc Garneau’s third space mission. He will go into orbit aboard Endeavour in December 1999 to transport equipment to supply the energy and thermal control necessary for the International Space Station.

Birthplace and date: Born May 10, 1963, in Bracebridge, Ontario. Education: Attended High School in Renfrew, Ontario, and graduated from the Royal Military College of Canada with a Bachelor of Engineering Physics in 1985. Obtained a Master of Electrical and Computer Engineering from the same institution in 1991. Recreational interests: Captain McKay's interests include flying, gliding, weight lifting, cycling, swimming, sailing, skiing and hiking. He also enjoys photography, reading, chess, astronomy and many other leisure pursuits.

Special honours: He was awarded a Post Graduate Sponsorship by the Royal Military College of Canada from 1989-1991 in order to pursue research in real-time computer control systems and robotics. During this time, he presented papers in Monterey at the 34th Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems and to the Flight Dynamics Group at the NASAAmes Flight Research Center. Experience: From 1986-1987, he worked as a Software Support Officer with the Aircraft Maintenance and Engineering division of the Canadian Forces Base, Cold Lake, Alberta. In 1987, he was named Mechanical Support Officer in command of 145 people and was later appointed to the position of CF5 Repair Officer, responsible for the periodic inspection of the CF5 fleet, a position which he held until 1991. Captain McKay has most recently been employed as a lecturer with the Collège Militaire de Saint-Jean, Quebec, teaching courses in Logic Circuits Design, Electronic Instrumentation, and Microprocessor Systems Design. Selected in July 1992, Captain McKay completed his first year of basic training as an astronaut. He received his private pilot's licence in April 1993 and is currently working on a commercial, IFR, multi-engine rating. He qualified as an open water scuba diver in May 1992 and has made his first free fall parachute jumps. Captain McKay regularly makes presentations to school and technical audiences. Most notably, he was guest speaker at the Couchiching Conference on public affairs in August 1993 and at the Space Week Conference in Vandemberg, California, in July 1993. From August 1993 until early February 1994, Captain McKay was involved with a shuttle payload that flew on February 3, 1994. He provided Space Vision System support to the Wake Shield Facility, a free flying payload that was released from the shuttle. In February 1994, Captain McKay was one of four Canadian astronauts who participated in the Canadian Astronaut Program Space Unit Life Simulation (CAPSULS), a 7-day simulated space mission which was preceded by several weeks of intensive training. In March 1994, he participated in a weeklong training program in aerobatics to improve his flying skills and gain awareness in recovering an aircraft from unusual attitudes. In early 1995, Captain McKay resigned from the Astronaut Corps for medical reasons. He has remained in the employment of CAP as an engineer and is currently actively involved in mission support activities and preparations for the next Canadian shuttle flight.

Birthplace and date: Born December 4, 1945, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. Education: Attended elementary and secondary school in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. Received a Bachelor of Science degree in zoology and agriculture from the University of Guelph in 1968, a Master of Science degree in experimental pathology from the University of Western Ontario in 1971, a doctorate in neurobiology from the University of Toronto in 1974, a Doctor of Medicine degree from McMaster University in 1977 and was admitted as a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada in neurology in 1981. She has certification in scubadiving and parachuting. Recreational interests: Dr. Bondar enjoys flying, hot air ballooning, canoeing, biking, target shooting (rifle, handgun), fishing, cross-country skiing and hiking.

Organizations: Fellow, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and member of the American Academy of Neurology, the Canadian Neurological Society, the Canadian Aeronautics and Space Institute, the Canadian Society of Aerospace Medicine, the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, the Canadian Stroke Society, the Aerospace Medical Association, the Albuquerque Aerostat Ascension Association, and the American Society for Gravitational and Space Biology. Special honours: Awarded an Ontario Graduate Fellowship in 1971, a National Research Council (NRC) Scholarship from 1971-74, an NRC Postdoctorate Fellowship in 1974, an Ontario Ministry of Health Fellowship in 1981, a Medical Research Council Fellowship in 1981 and a Career Scientist Award from the Ontario Ministry of Health in 1982. She was named honorary member of Zonta International in 1984 and of the Canadian Federation of University Women in 1985. She won the Vanier Award for her selection as an outstanding young Canadian by the Jaycees of Canada in 1985. She was co-recipient of the F.W. (Casey) Baldwin Award in 1985 for the best paper in the Canadian Aeronautics and Space Journal and was made honourary life member of Girl Guides of Canada in 1986. She was awarded a D.Sc. (Honoris causa) in 1989 by Mount Allison University, Sackville, New Brunswick. In 1990, she received a D.Hum.L. (Honoris causa) from Mount St. Vincent University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, a Senior Fellowship from Ryerson Polytechnical Institute, Toronto, Ontario and a D.Sc. (Honoris causa) from the University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario. In 1991, she received a D.Sc. (Honoris Causa) from Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, Ontario and D.Sc. from Algoma College, Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. of Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario. In 1992, she was awarded honorary degrees from the following Universities: Saint Mary's University, McMaster University, the University of Regina, the University of Calgary, the University of Ottawa and the University of Toronto. Experience: Dr. Bondar is a neurologist and a clinical and basic science researcher in the nervous system. As an undergraduate student she worked for six years for the then federal Fisheries and Forestry Department on genetics of the spruce budworm with reference to the visual system. After internship in internal medicine at Toronto General Hospital, she completed post-graduate medical training in neurology at the University of Western Ontario and in neuro-ophthalmology at Tuft's New England Medical Center (Boston) and at the Playfair Neuroscience Unit of Toronto Western Hospital. Dr. Bondar specialized in Carotid Doppler and Transcranial Doppler, at the Pacific Vascular Institute, in Seattle, Washington, 1988. She was appointed assistant professor of medicine (neurology) in 1982-84. She is one of the six Canadian astronauts selected in December, 1983 and began astronaut training in February, 1984. In 1985 she was named chairperson of the Canadian Life Sciences Subcommittee for Space Station. She served as a member of the Ontario Premier's Council on Science and Technology. She is a Civil Aviation medical examiner and a member of the scientificstaff of Sunnybrook Health Science Centre. She is conducting research into blood flow in the brain during microgravity, lower body negative pressure and various pathological states. In early 1990, she was designated a prime Payload Specialist for the first International Microgravity Laboratory Mission (IML-1). Dr. Bondar flew on Discovery during Mission STS-42, January 22-30, 1992 where she performed experiments in the Spacelab and on the middeck. Dr. Roberta Bondar left the Canadian Space Agency effective September 4, 1992, to pursue her research.

Birthplace and date: Born December 14, 1954, Ottawa, Ontario. Education: Attended primary and secondary schools in Ottawa. Received a Bachelor of Science degree in Honours Physics in 1977 and a Doctorate in Physics in 1983 from York University in Toronto. Special honors: In 1977, he received the President's Award at York University (Murray G. Ross Award). He is recipient of a Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council Post Graduate Scholarship in 1980, two Ontario Graduate Scholarships, one in 1981 and the other in 1982, and a Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council Postdoctoral Fellowship in 1983. In 1993, he

received a doctorate (Honoris causa) from the Royal Military College in Saint-Jean, Quebec, a Doctorate of Science (Honoris causa) from York University in Toronto, and a Doctorate of Science (Honoris causa) from Acadia University in Halifax. Experience: In 1974-76, Dr. MacLean worked in sports administration and public relations at York University. In 1976-77, he was a member of the Canadian National Gymnastics Team. He taught part-time at York University from 1980-83. In 1983, he became a visiting scholar at Stanford University under Nobel Laureate A.L. Shawlow. He is a laser-physicist, and his research has included work on electro-optics, laser-induced fluorescence of particles and crystals and multi-photon laser spectroscopy. He is one of the six astronauts selected in December 1983, and began astronaut training in February 1984. He was designated in December 1985 as the Canadian Payload Specialist to fly with the CANEX-2 set of Canadian experiments in space. His mission, STS-52, took place October 22 to November 1, 1992. From 1988 to 1991, he was Astronaut Adviser to the Strategic Technologies in Automation & Robotics Program (STEAR). From 1987 to 1993, he was Program Manager of the Advanced Space Vision System (ASVS). In July 1992, NASA agreed to outfit the shuttle fleet with an operational version, the Orbiter Space Vision System (OSVS) which will give eyes to the Canadarm on board the space shuttle, and the Advanced Vision Unit (AVS) which will be used with the Mobile Servicing System, Canada's contribution to the International Space Station. He was Program Manager for the OSVS until his interim assignment in July 1993, to a collateral duty as Chief Science Advisor for the International Space Station. In 1993, he was adjunct professor at the University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies. From April 1994 to July 1996, he was appointed Acting Director General of the Canadian Astronaut Office. In 1996 he was selected to attend NASA's Astronaut Mission Specialist training at Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas. Having completed two years of training and evaluation, he is qualified for flight assignment as a mission specialist. Currently, MacLean is assigned technical duties in the Astronaut Office Robotics Branch.