- Born
- November 19, 1956 (age 69)
- Known as
- air force officer, Granjeras, aircraft pilot, astronaut
Eileen Marie Collins is an American retired NASA astronaut and Air Force colonel. A flight instructor and test pilot, Collins was the first woman to pilot the Space Shuttle and the first to command a Space Shuttle mission.
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