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.
Sally Ride became the first American woman to fly in space when she launched aboard the space shuttle Challenger on June 18, 1983. She was not the pilot on this mission, but she went on to become the first woman to fly the space shuttle in 1984.
It was designed to fly in space, and its first mission was another test of the space shuttle.
The first space shuttle to fly in space was named Columbia. It completed its maiden flight on April 12, 1981.
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No. The first shuttle that flew was the Enterprise. The first that traveled into space was Columbia
The first Space Shuttle, named Columbia, took off into space on April 12, 1981.
The first male pilot to fly the space shuttle was Robert Crippen. He piloted the space shuttle Columbia on its maiden flight, STS-1, in 1981.
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Enterprise but it never flew but Columbia was the first in space
The Space Shuttle Columbia's first flight was on April 12, 1981.
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.