Birthdate: November 19, 1956
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Elmira, New York, United States
Eileen Collins, a retired NASA astronaut and USAF colonel, made significant contributions to space exploration. She was the first woman to pilot the Space Shuttle and the first to command a Space Shuttle mission. Collins had a diverse career, serving as a flight instructor, test pilot, and professor in mathematics. She flew several missions, including a historic mission to rendezvous with the Russian space station Mir and commanding NASA’s “return to flight” mission after the Columbia disaster. Collins retired in 2006, leaving a lasting impact on space exploration.
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