Eileen Collins

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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1956 Wikimedia, Wikidata
air force officer, aircraft pilot, astronaut, National Aviation Hall of Fame, United States Astronaut Hall of Fame, Distinguished Flying Cross, International Space Hall of Fame, honorary doctor of Syracuse University, National Women's Hall of Fame, NASA Distinguished Service Medal, Harmon Trophy, Women in Aviation International, Wright Brothers Memorial Trophy, Knight of the Legion of Honour, Women in Space Science Award,

Dong Fang Hong 2, Ekran,

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STS-63 ⓘ
human spaceflight
STS-84 ⓘ
human spaceflight
STS-93 ⓘ
human spaceflight
STS-114 ⓘ
human spaceflight

United States, Ashkenaz, Calvinist Republic of Ghent, Chinland, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Havilah, Kingdom of Martabam-hongsawatoi, Kingdom of Wolaita, Persia, Reman, Sikh Confederacy, Sweden, Tarshish, Dong Fang Hong 2, Ekran,

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1956 Eileen Collins

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1997 STS-84

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1999 STS-93

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2005 STS-114

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Eileen Collins, early NASA portrait

STS-114 Commander Eileen Collins leads the way as the next Space Shuttle crew does a practice walkout from the Operations and Checkout Building.

President Bill Clinton shakes hands with Lieutenant Colonel Eileen M. Collins

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Astronaut Eileen Collins is photographed near a T-38 trainer jet at Ellington Field near Johnson Space Center, Houston.

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Eileen Collins, early NASA portrait

Eileen Collins aboard Space Shuttle Columbia during STS-93 on 24 July 1999

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source

class	orbit		STS-63	Bernard A. Harris, Eileen Collins, Janice E. Voss, Jim Wetherbee, Jr., Michael Foale, Vladimir Titov, human spaceflight,	Wikidata
class	spaceflight	1997	STS-84	Carlos I. Noriega, Charles J. Precourt, Ed Lu, Eileen Collins, Jean-François Clervoy, Jerry M. Linenger, Michael Foale, Yelena Kondakova, human spaceflight	Wikidata
class	spaceflight	1999	STS-93	Catherine Coleman, Eileen Collins, Jeffrey Ashby, Koichi Wakata, Michel Tognini, Steven Hawley, human spaceflight	Wikidata
class	spaceflight	2005	STS-114	Andy Thomas, Charles Camarda, Eileen Collins, James M. Kelly, Soichi Noguchi, Stephen Robinson, Wendy B. Lawrence, human spaceflight	Wikidata
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commons	image		KSC-04pd1046		Commons
commons	image		Eileen Collins, early NASA portrait		Commons
commons	image		STS-114 Commander Eileen Collins leads the way as the next Space Shuttle crew does a practice walkout from the Operations and Checkout Building.		Commons
commons	image		President Bill Clinton shakes hands with Lieutenant Colonel Eileen M. Collins		Commons
commons	image		Discoverycrew1		Commons
commons	image		Astronaut Eileen Collins is photographed near a T-38 trainer jet at Ellington Field near Johnson Space Center, Houston.		Commons
commons	image		KSC-04pd1046		Commons
commons	image		Eileen Collins, early NASA portrait		Commons
commons	image		Eileen Collins aboard Space Shuttle Columbia during STS-93 on 24 July 1999		Commons
commons	image		Eileen Collins aboard Space Shuttle Columbia during STS-93 on 24 July 1999		Commons

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