Eileen collins
Eileen collins
The first female pilot of a Space Shuttle as well as the first female commander of a U.S. Spacecraft.
ProfessionAstronaut
Date of Birth19 November 1956
CityElmira, NY
astronomy eyes good open ready
Houston, we have a good deploy. Chandra is ready to open the eyes of X-ray astronomy to the world.
happy wheels
Houston, Discovery, wheels are down. We're all happy to be back again.
country people flying
Some people said, “we don't want to risk astronauts lives anymore, we need to stop doing this”. The astronauts don't feel that wayWe fly for our country, we fly for humanity, we fly for exploration, we fly for a variety of reasons, and we don't stop flying because we have accidents.
believe space people
We want to explore. We're curious people. Look back over history, people have put their lives at stake to go out and explore ... We believe in what we're doing. Now it's time to go.
military war airplane
Because of [Amelia Earhart], we had more women available to fly in the 1940's to help us get through World War II. And because of these women, women of my generation are able to look back and say, 'Hey, they did it. They even flew military airplanes, we can do it, too.'
thinking being-a-woman prove
I don’t think of myself as being a woman and having anything to prove,
moon design age
The vast majority of the shuttle program was a success. We learned so much about how a reusable spacecraft interacts with its environment, how it ages-and what to design next time.
mom daughter thinking
My daughter just thinks that all moms fly the Space Shuttle
air eggs atmosphere
The atmosphere almost looks like an eggshell on an egg, it's so thin. We know that we don't have much air - we need to protect what we have.
pressure nerves emotion
I have no nerves, no emotion, no pressure.
columbia crew great inspiring last mission reflect ship shuttle
We reflect on the last shuttle mission , the great ship Columbia and her inspiring crew
finest love people space truly worked
The people that I have worked with have just been superb, just the finest professionals, people who truly love the space program.
fantastic glad
We have had a fantastic mission. We are so glad to come back and be able to say it's a success.
anxious crew looked looks outside
The crew was anxious to see what the outside (of the craft) looked like and it looks fantastic.