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
million parts perfectly shuttle space
There are 2 million other parts on the space shuttle that are working perfectly right now
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.
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.
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.
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.
believe gap previous seen similar
I believe the gap fillers are similar to what we had seen in previous flights.
everybody knew praying reason
She was praying for us -- everybody was praying for us. That's another reason I knew we were safe.