Eileen Collins

We want to explore. We're curious people. Look back over history, people have put their lives at stake to go out and…

— Eileen Collins

I wanted to apply to the astronaut program after the Challenger accident

— Eileen Collins

Because of [Amelia Earhart], we had more women available to fly in the 1940's to help us get through World War II.…

— Eileen Collins

I have no nerves, no emotion, no pressure.

— Eileen Collins

Some people said, “we don't want to risk astronauts lives anymore, we need to stop doing this”. The astronauts don't feel that…

— Eileen Collins

My daughter just thinks that all moms fly the Space Shuttle

— Eileen Collins

The atmosphere almost looks like an eggshell on an egg, it's so thin. We know that we don't have much air -…

— Eileen Collins

The vast majority of the shuttle program was a success. We learned so much about how a reusable spacecraft interacts with its…

— Eileen Collins

I don’t think of myself as being a woman and having anything to prove,

— Eileen Collins

I'm honored to be the first woman to have the opportunity to command the shuttle. I don't really think about that on…

— Eileen Collins