She was the first woman to pilot the space shuttle.
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Eileen Collins was the first woman to pilot the Space Shuttle, doing so for STS-63in 1995.
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She first flew the Space Shuttle as pilot in 1995 aboard STS-63 and became the first female Shuttle pilot.
Eileen Collins is known mainly for being the first woman to enter space.
Eileen Collins was the first woman to command a space shuttle. Born in 1956, Eileen Collins was selected by NASA for their astronaut training program in 1990 and first flew in 1995. In 1999, on STS-93 on the Columbia space shuttle, Eileen Collins became the first woman space shuttle commander.
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No, there is no direct connection between Amelia Earhart and Eileen Collins. Amelia Earhart was an aviation pioneer who went missing during a flight in 1937, while Eileen Collins is a retired astronaut who became the first female Space Shuttle commander in 1999. Their careers were in different eras and fields of aviation.
February 1995, aboard STS-63/Discovery.
Collins became an astronaut in July 1991. Collins has logged over 537 hours in space. She served as pilot on STS-63 (February 3-11, 1995) Collins was the first woman pilot of a Space Shuttle. On STS-93, Collins was the first woman Shuttle Commander. (She has logged over 5,000 hours in 30 different types of aircraft.)
She was the first woman to pilot the space shuttle.