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Eileen Collins

1956 - Today

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Eileen Marie Collins (born 19 November 1956) 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. A graduate of Corning Community College, where she earned an associate degree in mathematics in 1976, and Syracuse University, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in mathematics and economics in 1978, Collins was commissioned as an officer in the USAF through Syracuse's Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps program. She was one of four women chosen for Undergraduate Pilot Training at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Eileen Collins is the 268th most popular astronaut (down from 158th in 2019), the 9,564th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,826th in 2019) and the 124th most popular American Astronaut.

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Eileen Collins ranks 268 out of 556. Before her are Ernst Messerschmid, Rodolfo Neri Vela, Joe F. Edwards Jr., Vladimir Vasyutin, Jerry L. Ross, and Pedro Duque. After her are John Herrington, Nikolai Budarin, Gregory R. Wiseman, Yury Onufriyenko, Robert F. Overmyer, and Bonnie J. Dunbar.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Eileen Collins ranks 441. Before her are Lisa Eilbacher, Dag Otto Lauritzen, Wendy Crewson, Rex Linn, Gunter Pauli, and Julee Cruise. After her are John James, Li Xi, Sergei Beloglazov, Miquel-Lluís Muntané, Nicolas Tiangaye, and Alexander Beglov.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Eileen Collins ranks 9,566 out of 20,380. Before her are Harlow Curtice (1893), Jerry Weintraub (1937), Annie Easley (1933), Gwen Verdon (1925), Fischer Black (1938), and Ol' Dirty Bastard (1968). After her are Stephen Dorff (1973), Jeff Hardy (1977), Eric Bischoff (1955), Shirley Walker (1945), Alice Calhoun (1900), and Marge Champion (1919).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In United States

Among astronauts born in United States, Eileen Collins ranks 124. Before her are Charles Bassett (1931), John L. Phillips (1951), William E. Thornton (1929), Jeanette J. Epps (1970), Joe F. Edwards Jr. (1958), and Jerry L. Ross (1948). After her are John Herrington (1958), Gregory R. Wiseman (1975), Robert F. Overmyer (1936), Bonnie J. Dunbar (1949), Daniel Brandenstein (1943), and Robert L. Stewart (1942).

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