Eileen Collins

Type: Person

Name: Eileen Collins

Title: Astronaut

Organization: NASA

Date of Birth: 19/11/1956

Place of Birth: Elmira, New York

Nationality: United States

Fact Sheet: Biography for Eileen Collins

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Warren eyes toughened demolition ordinance

Owners of homes 100 years old or older will need town permission to demolish or substantially alter them, if a series of ordinance changes pushed for by the Warren Voluntary Historic District Commission (WVHDC) are enacted by the Warren Town Council.The ... [Published East Bay Newspapers - May 16 2013]

Entities: Waiver, Eileen Collins, William Nash, Precipitate, Westminster

First reported May 07 2013 - Updated May 07 2013 - 1 reports

NASA

Letters: Female astronauts have taken flight

_ Nasa's chief administrator, Charles Bolden, talks of "man's destiny … to go forward to another planet" in your report about a possible mission to Mars (, 7 may). Surely, in 2013, it is no longer appropriate to use the word "man" to represent both men ... [Published Guardian.co.uk - May 07 2013]

Entities: Cosmonaut, NASA, Peggy Whitson

First reported May 02 2013 - Updated May 02 2013 - 1 reports

Lamar Smith

Fredericksburg students quiz astronauts

FREDERICKSBURG — In an event they called awesome and inspiring, students in an acclaimed aerospace curriculum here spoke Thursday with space travel veterans Chris Cassidy and Eileen Collins.Cassidy appeared at on a video link from the , at one point doing ... [Published MySanAntonio - May 02 2013]

Entities: Cosmonaut, Eileen Collins, Lamar Smith, NASA

First reported Apr 23 2013 - Updated Apr 23 2013 - 1 reports

Astronaut Hall of Fame welcomes 1st female shuttle commander, 2 others

Eileen Collins, the first woman to pilot and command the space shuttle, entered the ranks of the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame wearing the same two-piece blue suit she wore to her astronaut selection interview nearly 25 years ago. ... [Published Mother Nature Network - Apr 23 2013]

Entities: Cosmonaut, Eileen Collins, Space shuttle

First reported Apr 22 2013 - Updated Apr 23 2013 - 2 reports

Eileen Collins

Space Shuttle Astronauts Inducted Into U.S. Astronaut Hall Of Fame

Curt Brown, Eileen Collins And Bonnie Dunbar Enshrined In Ceremonies Saturday Space Shuttle astronauts Curt Brown, Eileen Collins and Bonnie Dunbar, Ph.D., today joined an elite group of American space heroes with their induction into the U.S. Astronaut ... [Published Aero-News Network - Apr 23 2013]

Entities: Space Shuttle Co Ltd, Cosmonaut, Eileen Collins

First reported Apr 22 2013 - Updated Apr 22 2013 - 1 reports

Syracuse University

Elmira native, SU grad inducted into the U.S. Astronauts Hall of Fame

Syracuse (WSYR-TV) -- The name of Syracuse University grad Eileen Collins is now forever enshrined alongside some of the greatest in the U.S. space program. Collins has been formally inducted into the United States Astronauts Hall of Fame.Her years growing ... [Published NewsChannel 9 WSYR - Apr 22 2013]

Entities: Eileen Collins, Syracuse University, Cosmonaut, United States

First reported Apr 22 2013 - Updated Apr 22 2013 - 1 reports

Video construction tour of Kenedy Space Center Atlantis exhibit: Opens June 29

The Atlantis space shuttle is already in its new home at the Kennedy Space Center Visitors Complex, nicely shrink wrapped and waiting for construction to be complete. Click the video toward the bottom of this article to go on a construction tour and see ... [Published Examiner.com - Apr 22 2013]

Entities: Space shuttle, Construction, Cosmonaut

First reported Apr 21 2013 - Updated Apr 21 2013 - 1 reports

WA woman inducted in astronaut hall of fame

TITUSVILLE, Fla. -- A man and two women are the newest members of the astronaut hall of fame. Curt Brown, Eileen Collins and central Washington native Bonnie Dunbar were inducted in a ceremony Saturday night.They're veterans of several space shuttle missions ... [Published KGW.com - Apr 21 2013]

Entities: Cosmonaut, Sunnyside (Washington, United States), Eileen Collins

First reported Apr 20 2013 - Updated Apr 21 2013 - 8 reports

Three Astronauts inducted into the Astronaut Hall of Fame

Posted:Updated:Saturday, April 20, 2013 10:49 PM ESTCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (WOFL FOX 35 ORLANDO) -KENNEDY SPACE CENTER - Space Shuttle astronauts Curt Brown, Eileen Collins and Bonnie Dunbar, Ph.D., joined an elite group of American space heroes with their ... [Published MyFox Orlando - Apr 21 2013]

Entities: Cosmonaut, Eileen Collins, Space shuttle, Space Travel, Space Shuttle Atlantis

First reported Apr 20 2013 - Updated Apr 20 2013 - 1 reports

Dos mujeres ingresan al Salón de la Fama de la NASA

Eileen Collins y Bonnie Dunbar junto con Curt Brown fueron galardonados en el complejo del Centro Espacial Kennedy este sábado.Condado Brevard --Por primera vez dos mujeres ingresan al Salón de la Fama de la NASA al mismo tiempo.Eileen Collins y Bonnie ... [Published Bay News 9 - Apr 20 2013]

Entities: Eileen Collins, NASA

First reported Apr 19 2013 - Updated Apr 20 2013 - 6 reports

Elmira native Eileen Collins to enter Astronaut Hall of Fame

_ Elmira native Eileen Collins is an accomplished aviator and astronaut, the first woman to pilot a space shuttle, the first woman to command a U.S. space mission and one of the first women to graduate from U.S. Air Force test pilot school.But if you ... [Published Rochester Democrat and Chronicle - Apr 20 2013]

Entities: Eileen Collins, Cosmonaut, John Glenn, Harris Hill (United States), Elmira Free Academy

First reported Apr 19 2013 - Updated Apr 19 2013 - 1 reports

Female astronaut promotes flight program for Colorado schoolteachers

Before Eileen Collins became the first woman astronaut to command a space shuttle, she was an Air Force pilot teaching math at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs."They wanted me to bring my flying experiences into the classroom," she said. ... [Published Denver Post - Apr 19 2013]

Entities: Eileen Collins, Greg Anderson, Cosmonaut, Aerospace

Quotes

...our former cold war enemies, and also with our international partners we built the space station, serviced it," Atlantis flier Eileen Collins said. "we learned what to do right with the design of spacecraft and operations, and we learned what we did wrong, and as we press forward, improve that into better designs as we build the next generation."

Space Shuttle Atlantis Unveiled At Kennedy Space Center [Published ITechPost - Apr 27 2013]

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