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
chance share
This is really a chance for us to share what we did on the flight.
based best decision knew
We made the best decision based on what we knew at the time.
ascent far flown
For those of us who have flown before , that was by far the smoothest ascent .
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.
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.
carrying columbia crew
I think about the Columbia crew every day. I feel like we are carrying on their mission.
fly leaving reality sad ways
In some ways I feel sad about leaving NASA, but the reality is, I won't fly again.
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.
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.