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born in elmira new york eileen collins

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became an astronaut in 1991 after being

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selected for the astronaut program while

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attending the air force test pilot

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school at edwards air force base

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california

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15 years ago on february 3rd 1995 she

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claimed a unique place in space history

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by becoming the first woman to pilot a

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space shuttle discovery and in 1999

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collins went on to become the first

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female commander of a space shuttle

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mission sts-93

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during her time at nasa collins logged

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over

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6751 hours in 30 different types of