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
believe gap previous seen similar
I believe the gap fillers are similar to what we had seen in previous flights.
million parts perfectly shuttle space
There are 2 million other parts on the space shuttle that are working perfectly right now
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
enjoy guys
You guys made the right decision. We're going to enjoy another orbit.
certainly safer worried
This situation, I believe, will certainly be safer for entry. I'm actually not that worried about it.
definitely mission
We have definitely accomplished all our mission objectives.
columbia focused job thoughts
I have had a lot of thoughts about Columbia and I will have thoughts after the landing, We're all going to be very focused ... on the job at hand.
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.
whenever wish
I wish I could come back up here whenever I wanted.
opportunity rest time whenever wish
I wish I could come back here whenever I wanted to have these views. And also the rest of the world had the opportunity to come up here, but it is time to end the mission.
everybody knew praying reason
She was praying for us -- everybody was praying for us. That's another reason I knew we were safe.
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.
cleaning looks might
Looks like I might have some cleaning up to do when I get home.
astronaut program wanted
I wanted to apply to the astronaut program after the Challenger accident