Eileen Collins became the first female shuttle commander in 1995.
Collins, Eileen
American Shuttle Commander, Pilot, and Mathematician 1956-
Space shuttle Columbia (STS-93) lifted off in July 1...
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Eileen Marie Collins
1956-
American pilot and astronaut who accomplished many significant firsts for women involved in the space race. A colonel in the U.S. Air Force, Collins was the first female pil...
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Eileen Collins (born 1956) became the first woman to pilot a U.S. space shuttle and the first woman to command a U.S. space flight.On February 4, 1995, at 12:22 a.m. in Cape Canaveral, Florida, thousa...
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