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Eileen Marie Collins (Elmira, Nueva York; 19 de noviembre de 1956) [1] es una coronel retirada y antiguo piloto de pruebas de la Fuerza Aérea de los Estados Unidos (USAF) y astronauta de la NASA. Ha sido la primera mujer piloto y la primera mujer comandante de un transbordador espacial.
Eileen Marie Collins (born 19 November 1956) is a retired NASA astronaut and United States Air Force (USAF) colonel. A former flight instructor and test pilot, Collins was the first woman to pilot the Space Shuttle and the first to command a Space Shuttle mission.
Eileen Collins, American astronaut, the first woman to pilot (1995) and, later, to command (1999) a U.S. space shuttle. She was selected as an astronaut in 1990 and remained at NASA until retiring in 2006. Learn more about Collins’s life and career, including her four space flights.
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Hace 6 días · Eileen Collins was selected as a NASA astronaut in 1990. Collins has the distinction of being the first female pilot and the first female commander in shuttle history. Collins flew on four shuttle missions: STS-63, STS-84, STS-93, and STS-114.
3 de mar. de 2011 · A veteran of four spaceflights, Collins' career at NASA is punctuated by firsts: the first woman selected as a pilot astronaut; the first woman to serve as a shuttle pilot; and, on STS-93 (July...
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4 de oct. de 2003 · On her last mission, Eileen Collins became the first (and currently only) female Shuttle commander. On her next, she will command the historic STS-114 “Return to Flight” mission, the first after the Columbia tragedy.
7 de nov. de 2006 · Eileen Collins. Cambió la historia de la aviación espacial al ser la primera mujer en pilotar un vuelo y en dirigir un transbordador. Casada y madre de dos hijos, esta astronauta estadounidense...
