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

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

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

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

- 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

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

- 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