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.
focused good ground hands mission people staying
We are staying focused on the mission and we know we are in good hands with the people on the ground
believe space people
We want to explore. We're curious people. Look back over history, people have put their lives at stake to go out and explore ... We believe in what we're doing. Now it's time to go.
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.
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.
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.
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.
definitely mission
We have definitely accomplished all our mission objectives.
enjoy guys
You guys made the right decision. We're going to enjoy another orbit.
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.
scholars-and-scholarship shoes
I've been in your shoes many times so I understand.
chance share
This is really a chance for us to share what we did on the flight.