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
aware commander cool crew difference female honestly job male rest woman
I can honestly say that in my job day to day, I'm not really aware that there's any difference between male and female crew members. It may be cool to the rest of the world that a woman is the commander of this flight. I think that's great.
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
anxious crew looked looks outside
The crew was anxious to see what the outside (of the craft) looked like and it looks fantastic.
carrying columbia crew
I think about the Columbia crew every day. I feel like we are carrying on their mission.
scholars-and-scholarship shoes
I've been in your shoes many times so I understand.
expect external fall large personally pieces tank
Personally , I did not expect any large pieces of foam to fall off the external tank
definitely mission
We have definitely accomplished all our mission objectives.
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.
certainly safer worried
This situation, I believe, will certainly be safer for entry. I'm actually not that worried about it.
ball catch hit move nervous quite spot throw whether
I was quite nervous about whether I could throw out the ball and hit it spot on. He didn't even have to move to catch it. I was quite happy.
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.
bring full potential shuttle space station
Getting the shuttle back up there is just going to bring the space station back to its full potential.
believe gap previous seen similar
I believe the gap fillers are similar to what we had seen in previous flights.