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Eileen Collins

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Astronaut and United States Air Force pilot

United StatesBorn 1956 · age 69
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Eileen Marie Collins is an American retired NASA astronaut and Air Force colonel. A flight instructor and test pilot, Collins was the first woman to pilot the Space Shuttle and the first to command a Space Shuttle mission.

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With her T-38 when she graduated from flight school at Vance Air Force Base in Oklahoma in August 1979With her T-38 when she graduated from flight school at Vance Air Force Base in Oklahoma in August 1979With an F-4 Phantom II at Edwards Air Force Base on graduation from the USAF Test Pilot School in June 1990With an F-4 Phantom II at Edwards Air Force Base on graduation from the USAF Test Pilot School in June 1990Attending a survival training course at Vance Air Force Base, OklahomaAttending a survival training course at Vance Air Force Base, OklahomaNear a NASA T-38 trainer jet at Ellington Field near the Johnson Space Center in HoustonNear a NASA T-38 trainer jet at Ellington Field near the Johnson Space Center in HoustonAt the pilot's station onboard Space Shuttle Discovery on flight day one of the STS-63 mission during a "hotfiring" procedure prior to rendezvous with the Russian Mir Space StationAt the pilot's station onboard Space Shuttle Discovery on flight day one of the STS-63 mission during a "hotfiring" procedure prior to rendezvous with the Russian Mir Space StationIn front of the overhead flight deck windows where the Mir Space Station is visible during the STS-84 missionIn front of the overhead flight deck windows where the Mir Space Station is visible during the STS-84 missionWith President Bill Clinton and First Lady Hillary Clinton on 29 October 1998With President Bill Clinton and First Lady Hillary Clinton on 29 October 1998

In their own words 6

Eileen Collins
said · Mar 22, 2023
Own words

I believe failure can be caused by lack of focus on that mission, or allowing too many distractions into your life".

7 Questions with Astronaut Eileen Collins by Chitra Sethi, MARCH 22, 2023 Retrieved 17/11/2023

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Eileen Collins
said · Oct 1, 2006
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It’s hard for the astronauts to meet everybody because we have responsibilities in the office and families we need to see, so we try to spread out".

Interview with Eileen Collins by Don Cohen,October 1, 2006 Retrieved 17/11/2023

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Eileen Collins
said
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A leader must be collaborative and competent, and your team won’t care if you are a man or a woman".

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Awards 12

2022Wright Brothers Memorial Trophy
2009National Aviation Hall of Fame
2006Women in Space Science Award
2006NASA Distinguished Service Medal
2001honorary doctor of Syracuse University
2001International Space Hall of Fame
1995National Women's Hall of Fame
Distinguished Flying Cross
Knight of the Legion of Honour
Harmon Trophy
Women in Aviation International
United States Astronaut Hall of Fame

Connected to Eileen 6

Gwynne ShotwellAlso won Women in Space Science AwardBeryl Clutterbuck MarkhamAlso won Women in Aviation InternationalThomas P. StaffordAlso won Wright Brothers Memorial TrophyPaul VolckerAlso won honorary doctor of Syracuse UniversityBertrand PiccardAlso won Harmon TrophyJames McDivittAlso won National Aviation Hall of Fame

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Born 1956 · age 69
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