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Eileen Marie Collins (* 19. November 1956 in Elmira, New York, USA) ist eine ehemalige US-amerikanische Astronautin. Sie war die erste Frau, die als Pilotin ein Space Shuttle flog.
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.
23. Apr. 2024 · 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.
24. Juli 2023 · 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.
4. Okt. 2003 · 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.
8. Feb. 2024 · Die Geschichte der pensionierten NASA-Astronautin Eileen Collins wird in „Spacewoman“ erzählt, einem 2025 erscheinenden Dokumentarfilm, der auf Collins‘ Memoiren „Through the Glass Ceiling to the Stars“ (Arcade, 2021) basiert, die gemeinsam mit dem Raumfahrthistoriker Jonathan Ward geschrieben wurden.
Eileen Collins, (born November 19, 1956, Elmira, New York, U.S.), American astronaut, the first woman to pilot and, later, to command a U.S. space shuttle. Collins’s love of airplanes and flying began as a child. At age 19 she saved money earned from part-time jobs and began taking flying lessons.
