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On June 28 the Museum celebrates women in spaceflight with astronaut Eileen Collins, the first woman pilot and commander of a NASA space shuttle, and four-time shuttle astronaut Wendy Lawrence.… Read ...
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Spacewoman explores the achievements of Eileen Collins, the first woman to pilot & command a spacecraft (in 1995 on the STS-63 mission), paving the way for the next generation of female space ...
Screen can reveal an exclusive first trailer for Spacewoman, the documentary about pioneering astronaut Eileen Collins. Directed by Hannah Berryman, Spacewoman explores the achievements of Collins ...
Astronaut Eileen M. Collins on board Columbia during a five-day mission in July 1999. NASA Eileen Collins didn’t want to put her life on the big screen.
Astronaut Eileen Collins speaks exclusively with PEOPLE following the premiere of the new documentary 'Spacewoman', which focuses on her professional life as NASA's first female commander and how ...
Astronaut Eileen Collins says her father unintentionally prepared her for a career working primarily with men. Collins, NASA's first female commander, is the subject of Hannah Berryman’s latest ...
Eileen Collins during the STS-63 mission in February 1995. Collins was one of four women in the Air Force class of approximately 500 pilots. She joined the Air Force in 1978.
Astronaut Eileen Collins is providing insight into her pursuit of space travel and how it affected her as a parent with two young children, Bridget and Luke Youngs. The retired NASA pilot and ...
Astronaut Eileen Collins, NASA's first female commander, explains to PEOPLE how she pursued space travel while navigating motherhood with her two children, Bridget and Luke Youngs.