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	Encyclopedia: Eileen Collins
		A former military instructor and test pilot, Collins was the first female pilot and first female commander of a Space Shuttle.
		Collins first flew the shuttle as pilot in 1995 aboard STS-63, which involved a rendezvous between Discovery and the Russian space station Mir.
		Collins joined the Air Force, and during her first month of training, her base was visited by the newest astronaut class--the first to include women--and her path was set.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Eileen-Collins (374 words)

	Eileen Collins (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		As a child, Collins expressed an interest both in spaceflight and in being a pilot.
		Collins first flew the shuttle as pilot in 1995 aboard STS-63 (additional info and facts about STS-63), which involved a rendezvous between Discovery (The act of discovering something) and the Russian space station Mir (additional info and facts about Mir).
		Collins is slated to command STS-114 (additional info and facts about STS-114).
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/e/ei/eileen_collins.htm (176 words)

	Eileen Collins
		Eileen Collins earned her pilot’s license while in college.Her grades and flight experience helped her to become one of the first women to go straight from college into Air Force pilot training.
		Collins became an astronaut in 1991, originally working in engineering support.
		With three space shuttle missions under her belt, Collins has two firsts: in 1995 she was the first woman to pilot a shuttle and in 1999 she became the first woman to command a shuttle mission.
	www.factmonster.com /ipka/A0878965.html (133 words)

	Collins Eileen
		Collins graduated in 1979 from Air Force Undergraduate Pilot Training at Vance AFB, Oklahoma, where she was a T-38 instructor pilot until 1982.
		Collins' first mission was accomplished in 129 orbits, traveling over 2.9 million miles in 198 hours, 29 minutes.
		STS-84 landed at 13:27 GMT with the crew of Precourt, Collins Eileen, Clervoy, Lu, Noriega, Kondakova and Linenger aboard.
	www.astronautix.com /astros/colileen.htm (2275 words)

	Eileen Collins
		Interview: Eileen Collins and Andy Thomas discuss the space shuttle Discovery's mission and problems (All Things Considered (NPR))
		Collins: la Tereshkova americana: el 'Discovery' vuelve al trabajo: la NASA elige a una mujer para reanudar los vuelos de los transbordadores.
		Colonel Eileen Collins Honored with the Society of Women Engineers' Resnik Challenger Medal.
	www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0878965.html (268 words)

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