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Who was the first female space shuttle commander?
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.
Who was the only African woman to command a space shuttle?
So far, there have been none.
Who was the first woman in space in 1983?
Sally Ride became the first woman in space on the Shuttle Challenger
Who is the only woman to command space shuttle mission?
Eileen Collins commanded the STS-114 'Return To Flight' mission in 1999 and was the first female commander of a shuttle mission. This mission was the first to fly after the tragic loss of the shuttle 'Columbia' and its crew.
What famous first did Eileens accomplish in 1995?
She was the first woman to pilot the space shuttle.
Who was the first black woman to travel into space aboard space shuttle endeavor?
Dr. Mae Jemison
Who was the first female to fly the space shuttle?
Colonel Eileen Collins, USAF, retired, became the first female Space Shuttle pilot on STS-63, aboard Discovery; and the first female Space Shuttle commander on STS-93, aboard Columbia; She also commanded Discovery on STS-114, the first mission after the Columbia disaster. As far as the first woman to fly ABOARD the Space Shuttle, that would be Sally Ride, the first American woman to go into space, aboard the Challenger, on STS-7.
Eileen Collins was the first American woman to piolet what type of vehicle?
space shuttle
The first woman engineer to lose her life in an space shuttle accident?
judith resnick
What did NASA do in the 80s?
NASA began its space shuttle program in the 1980s. In 1981, NASA's first space shuttle was launched. On June 18, 1983, the first woman to go into space, Sally Ride, was part of the first five man team to orbit the Earth in a space shuttle. On August 30, 1983, the first African American, Guion S. Bluford, went into space aboard Space Shuttle Challenger. On January 26, 1986, Space Shuttle Challenger exploded.
What hardships and fears did Roberta Bondar first woman in space fear?
The first woman in space was Valentina Tereshkova, in 1963. The first American woman in space was Sally Ride. Roberta Bondar was Canada's first female astronaut, who in 1992 flew in NASA's Space Shuttle Discovery.
What ''famous first'' did Eileen Collins accomplish in 1995?
She was the first woman to pilot the space shuttle.
