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Eileen Collins

Also Known As Eileen Marie Collins
United States

Retired NASA astronaut and United States Air Force colonel who served as a flight instructor and test pilot before joining NASA. She made history as the first woman to pilot a Space Shuttle, on STS-63 in 1995, and the first woman to command a Space Shuttle mission, STS-93 in 1999, which deployed the Chandra X-ray Observatory.

Facts
Birth Date
1956-11-19 3
Birth Year
1956 3
Nationality
American 3
Defining Contribution
First woman to pilot the Space Shuttle and the first woman to command a Space Shuttle mission. 3
Notable Mission
STS-93 (deployed the Chandra X-ray Observatory) 3
Classification
Astronaut Role
Pilot 1
Dating
Selection Year
1990 2
Connections

Associated With

NASA, Space Agencies and Companies

Eileen Collins was a NASA astronaut and the first woman to pilot and to command a Space Shuttle mission.

Source NASA History Office
Space Shuttle, Launch Vehicles

Eileen Collins flew the Space Shuttle as pilot and later as the first woman to command a Shuttle mission.

Source NASA History Office

Missions Crewed

Space Shuttle Program, Missions and Programs
Source Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
Additional Source Eileen Collins (Wikipedia)Eileen Collins, lead paragraph section
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1. Eileen Collins (Wikipedia)
  • Collins was the first woman to pilot the Space Shuttle and the first to command a Space Shuttle mission; she was the pilot of the 1995 STS-63 mission
  • first woman to command a US spacecraft with STS-93...she commanded STS-114
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2. Eileen Collins (Wikipedia)
  • Wikipedia Eileen Collins lead section infobox, selection field (w-bbfill-edspace5-0927)
  • Eileen Collins, lead paragraph section
    the first to command a Space Shuttle mission
  • Eileen Collins, Wikipedia - lead paragraph section
    Eileen Marie Collins (born 19 November 1956) is an American retired NASA astronaut and Air Force colonel.
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3. Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
Wikimedia Foundation
Wikidata: Eileen Collins
Wikidata Q229635, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
NASA History Office
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
  • Associated With: NASA, NASA History Office: Eileen Collins
  • Associated With: Space Shuttle, NASA History Office: Eileen Collins
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