Quotes by 'Eileen collins'

Eileen collins

The first female pilot of a Space Shuttle as well as the first female commander of a U.S. Spacecraft.

family gone good sort spend summer

I had been gone from my family and I sort of want to make it up to them this summer and spend a good summer with my family.

carrying columbia crew

I think about the Columbia crew every day. I feel like we are carrying on their mission.

absolutely confident discovery entry great thinking

Discovery is in absolutely great shape. I'm pretty confident about the entry (into the atmosphere) and I'm thinking about the landing.

copy houston wave

OK, Houston we copy that. We'll be a wave off for today.

mistakes risky

It will be expensive, it will be risky and we will make mistakes as we go. But we will do it because we are explorers by nature.

scholars-and-scholarship shoes

I've been in your shoes many times so I understand.

cake finally icing wild

It's just been a wild ride. We've finally been able to put the icing on the cake with this mission.

four since trained wonderful

For many of us it's been four years since we trained for (this mission) and its been a wonderful experience.

dream fly mission shuttle true

This mission is a dream come true for all of us, not just to fly on the shuttle but to fly on this very important mission.

moment wonderful

This is a wonderful moment for all of us to experience.

chance share

This is really a chance for us to share what we did on the flight.

expect external fall large personally pieces tank

Personally , I did not expect any large pieces of foam to fall off the external tank