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
dream fly mission shuttle true
This mission is a dream come true for all of us, not just to fly on the shuttle but to fly on this very important mission.
scholars-and-scholarship shoes
I've been in your shoes many times so I understand.
flight human next universe
Our flight is the next flight of many in the human exploration of the universe .
everybody knew praying reason
She was praying for us -- everybody was praying for us. That's another reason I knew we were safe.
expect external fall large personally pieces tank
Personally , I did not expect any large pieces of foam to fall off the external tank
cleaning looks might
Looks like I might have some cleaning up to do when I get home.
whenever wish
I wish I could come back up here whenever I wanted.
family gone good sort spend summer
I had been gone from my family and I sort of want to make it up to them this summer and spend a good summer with my family.
aware commander cool crew difference female honestly job male rest woman
I can honestly say that in my job day to day, I'm not really aware that there's any difference between male and female crew members. It may be cool to the rest of the world that a woman is the commander of this flight. I think that's great.
chance share
This is really a chance for us to share what we did on the flight.
absolutely confident discovery entry great thinking
Discovery is in absolutely great shape. I'm pretty confident about the entry (into the atmosphere) and I'm thinking about the landing.
beyond discover farther faster fly humans invent people solar someday travel ways
My dream, now, is that people will discover and invent new ways to fly higher, faster and farther and that someday humans will travel beyond our solar system.
million parts perfectly shuttle space
There are 2 million other parts on the space shuttle that are working perfectly right now
commander matter mission whether woman
Whether your commander is a man or woman doesn't really matter when it comes to getting your mission done.