<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_program" id="mwASk" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Space Shuttle program">Space Shuttle program</a>: The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Discovery" id="mwASo" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Space Shuttle Discovery">space shuttle <i id="mwASs">Discovery</i></a> launches on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-42" id="mwASw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="STS-42">STS-42</a> carrying Dr. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberta_Bondar" id="mwAS0" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Roberta Bondar">Roberta Bondar</a>, who becomes the first Canadian woman and the first neurologist in space.