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
beyond discover farther faster fly humans invent people solar someday travel ways
My dream, now, is that people will discover and invent new ways to fly higher, faster and farther and that someday humans will travel beyond our solar system.
country people flying
Some people said, “we don't want to risk astronauts lives anymore, we need to stop doing this”. The astronauts don't feel that wayWe fly for our country, we fly for humanity, we fly for exploration, we fly for a variety of reasons, and we don't stop flying because we have accidents.
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.
fly leaving reality sad ways
In some ways I feel sad about leaving NASA, but the reality is, I won't fly again.
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.
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.
believe gap previous seen similar
I believe the gap fillers are similar to what we had seen in previous flights.