Eileen Collins
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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.
1956
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Knight of the Legion of Honour, Wright Brothers Memorial Trophy, Women in Aviation International, Harmon Trophy, NASA Distinguished Service Medal, National Women's Hall of Fame, NASA Astronaut Group 13, Distinguished Flying Cross, United States Astronaut Hall of Fame, National Aviation Hall of Fame, honorary doctor of Syracuse University, International Space Hall of Fame, Women in Space Science Award, United States,
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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, Tarshish, Dong Fang Hong 2, Ekran, Republic of Haiti,
1956-11-19T00:00:00Z
1956-11-19T00:00:00Z
1956 Eileen Collins
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STS-114 Commander Eileen Collins leads the way as the next Space Shuttle crew does a practice walkout from the Operations and Checkout Building.








