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Eileen Marie Collins (born 19 November 1956) is a retired NASA astronaut and United States Air Force (USAF) colonel. A former flight instructor and test pilot, Collins was the first woman to pilot the Space Shuttle and the first to command a Space Shuttle mission.
Eileen Collins, American astronaut, the first woman to pilot (1995) and, later, to command (1999) a U.S. space shuttle. She was selected as an astronaut in 1990 and remained at NASA until retiring in 2006. Learn more about Collins’s life and career, including her four space flights.
3 days ago · Eileen Collins’ assignment as the first female shuttle commander was front page news in the March 13, 1998 issue of Johnson Space Center’s Space News Roundup. NASA. The same year Hillary Clinton inquired about the astronaut corps, a special subcommittee of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Science and Astronautics held hearings ...
Jun 26, 2024 · Eileen Collins was selected as a NASA astronaut in 1990. Collins has the distinction of being the first female pilot and the first female commander in shuttle history. Collins flew on four shuttle missions: STS-63, STS-84, STS-93, and STS-114.
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Oct 4, 2003 · Eileen Collins – NASA’s First Female Shuttle Commander. On her last mission, Eileen Collins became the first (and currently only) female Shuttle commander. On her next, she will command the historic STS-114 “Return to Flight” mission, the first after the Columbia tragedy. Astronaut Eileen M. Collins, commander. NASA.
May 23, 2018 · Eileen Collins November 19, 1956 • Elmira, New York Astronaut. Throughout her career as an astronaut, Eileen Collins achieved several firsts in the history of space travel. In 1995, when she took the helm of the Discovery, she became the first woman to pilot a space shuttle.
Eileen M. Collins is a former astronaut and a retired U.S. Air Force colonel. She retired from the Air Force in Jan 2005 and from NASA in May 2006 after a 28-year distinguished career. A former military instructor and test pilot, Collins was the first female pilot and first female commander of a space shuttle.
