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Eileen Collins

Eileen Collins is an American retired NASA astronaut and Air Force colonel known for pioneering female spaceflight roles. Eileen Collins was born on 19 November 1956.

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Who is Eileen Collins?

Eileen Collins is best known for First woman to pilot and command a Space Shuttle mission. Eileen Collins is an American public figure. Eileen Collins was born on 19 November 1956, which places Eileen Collins among the people in the Dead or Alive catalog born in the 1950s. On Dead or Alive, Eileen Collins is listed in the Space Exploration Pioneers category, where you can test yourself on similar names. Dead or Alive is a trivia game: you decide whether a famous person is still alive, then see the answer. The status for Eileen Collins is checked against public sources such as Wikidata and is shown only after you answer.

Facts

Known for: First woman to pilot and command a Space Shuttle mission
Nationality: American
Born: 19 November 1956
Listed under: Space Exploration Pioneers

About Eileen Collins

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. A graduate of Corning Community College, where she earned an associate degree in mathematics in 1976, and Syracuse University, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in mathematics and economics in 1978, Collins was commissioned as an officer in the USAF through Syracuse's Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps program. She was one of four women chosen for Undergraduate Pilot Training at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma. After earning her pilot wings, she stayed on at Vance for three years as a T-38 Talon instructor pilot before transitioning to the C-141 Starlifter at Travis Air Force Base, California. During the U.S. invasion of Grenada in October 1983, her aircraft flew troops of the 82nd Airborne Division from (then) Pope Air Force Base in North Carolina to Grenada, and took thirty-six medical students back. From 1986 to 1989, she was an assistant professor in mathematics and a T-41 instructor pilot at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado. She earned a Master of Science degree in operations research from Stanford University in 1986, and a Master of Arts degree in space systems management from Webster University in 1989.

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Eileen Collins is known for First woman to pilot and command a Space Shuttle mission.

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Eileen Collins was born on 19 November 1956.

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Eileen Collins's nationality is American.

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