Eileen Collins (born 1956) became the first woman to pilot a U.S. space shuttle and the first woman to command a U.S. space flight. On February 4, 1995, at 12:22 a.m. in Cape Canaveral, Florida, thousands of people held their breath as Lieutenant...

Eileen Collins became the first female shuttle commander in 1995. American Shuttle Commander, Pilot, and Mathematician 1956- Space shuttle Columbia (STS-93) lifted off in July 1999 under the command of Eileen...

1956- American pilot and astronaut who accomplished many significant firsts for women involved in the space race. A colonel in the U.S. Air Force, Collins was the first female pilot selected by NASA (1990), the first female Space Shuttle pilot on...

Eileen Marie Collins (b. 19 November, 1956 in Elmira, New York) is an American astronaut and a retired U.S. Air Force Colonel. A former military instructor and test pilot, Collins was the first female pilot and first female commander of a Space Shuttle....

When Eileen Crehan Collins trained until she could lift and handle an 800-pound Harley in zero-degree weather and in 1992 became the only woman ever assigned to the motorcycle unit of the Massachusetts State Police, her family was not surprised. It was a reflection...

Byline: Marnie Eisenstadt Staff writer Twinkle, twinkle little star? Nope. Not in space. The romance of starlight is gone. With no atmosphere to get in the way, stars are solid balls of light in a vast night. The Earth...

Today is Saturday, Feb. 3, the 34th day of 2007. There are 331 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On February 3, 1959, a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa, claimed the lives of rock 'n' roll stars Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P....

As two women circled overhead in charge of their respective spacecraft, the first female shuttle commander, the first female space tourist and other female trailblazers gathered Friday to encourage girls to aim high."It's just not a crazy thing anymore to have women flying in space,"...