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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.
What was the name of the space shuttle that shuttled crew to and from their jobs in space?
The name of the first space shuttle that shuttled crew to and from their jobs in spaceis called Elicoll. After the first female shuttle commander Eileen Collins, a true hero in todays history.
What 2 distinctions does astronaut Eileen Collins hold?
She was the first female space shuttle pilot, first female space shuttle commander, and the first pilot to take the shuttle through a 360 degree pitch maneuver
Who was the first male to fly the space shuttle?
It's a tie. The first shuttle to fly into space was Columbia during mission STS-1. The commander was veteran astronaut John Young and he was assisted by the rookie pilot Robert Crippen.
What was the 1st name of the space shuttle?
Of the first Space Shuttle; Enterprise. Of the first space worthy Space Shuttle; Columbia.
Who was the commander in charge of the Space Shuttle Columbia?
John Young
The first space shuttle?
The first space shuttle developed by NASA was the Space Shuttle Enterprise, which never flew in space and was used for atmospheric flight tests. The first space shuttle to reach space was the Space Shuttle Columbia, which launched on April 12, 1981.
What jobs make up a space shuttle crew?
The space shuttle generally has a commander, a pilot, mission specialists, and payload specialists.
What was the name of the first shuttle to ever go into outer space?
On the 12th of April 1981, Commander John Young and Pilot Roger Crippen launched aboard the first ever space shuttle launch. The mission started from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida and ended at the Edwards Air Force Base in California 2 days later.
What was the first manned space shuttle?
The first manned shuttle to actually reach Space was Columbia aka OV-102. The first mission was called STS-1 and there were two astronauts - Commander John Young and pilot Bob Crippen.
Who was the first man to manuall y land the space shuttle back to earth?
Approach and Landing Tests were performed aboard by Space Shuttle Enterprise by Commander Fred W. Haise, Jr and pilot Commander. Enterprise is a test vehicle with the same flight characteristics as other orbiters though not equipped for space flight. The first landing after a space flight of a shuttle was STS-1 with commander John W. Young and pilot Robert Crippen at the controls landing at the Edwards Air Force Base in California.
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.
