I'm honored to be the first woman to have the opportunity to command the shuttle. I don't really think about that on a day-to-day basis because I rea…

- 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 explore ... We believe in what w…

- 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. And because of these women, women …

- Eileen Collins

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

- 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 wayWe fly for our coun…

- Eileen Collins

My daughter just thinks that all moms fly the Space Shuttle

- Eileen Collins

I have no nerves, no emotion, no pressure.

- Eileen Collins

I don't think of myself as being a woman and having anything to prove.

- 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 - we need to protect what we have.

- Eileen Collins