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
finest love people space truly worked
The people that I have worked with have just been superb, just the finest professionals, people who truly love the space program.
based best decision knew
We made the best decision based on what we knew at the time.
educated general
He was pretty educated about what we do in a general sense.
attention bit dangerous hardware learn listened mistakes paid reminding talking
Had we listened a little bit more and paid attention to the hardware that was talking to us, we probably could have prevented the accident. We need to learn from the mistakes we made ... I am continually reminding myself that we're in a dangerous business.
earth enjoy orbit
We're going to enjoy another day on orbit and we'll see you on Earth tomorrow.
anxious brought crew discovery great looks outside walk
We brought Discovery back in great shape. The crew was very anxious to walk around and see what the outside looks like and it looks fantastic.
columbia crew great inspiring last mission reflect ship shuttle
We reflect on the last shuttle mission , the great ship Columbia and her inspiring crew
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.
ready whatever
We are ready for whatever we need to do.
anxious crew looked looks outside
The crew was anxious to see what the outside (of the craft) looked like and it looks fantastic.
astronomy eyes good open ready
Houston, we have a good deploy. Chandra is ready to open the eyes of X-ray astronomy to the world.
happy wheels
Houston, Discovery, wheels are down. We're all happy to be back again.
astronaut future great job leave memories
I leave the astronaut job with great memories but also great expectations for our country's future in space.
fly leaving reality sad ways
In some ways I feel sad about leaving NASA, but the reality is, I won't fly again.