First woman shuttle pilot 'can't wait' for next mission

The woman set to command the next space shuttle mission says she cannot wait for her lift-off orders, despite the Columbia disaster.

The woman set to command the next space shuttle mission says she cannot wait for her lift-off orders, despite the Columbia disaster.

Eileen Collins’ love affair with space started as a schoolgirl with an article in a school magazine about the Gemini astronauts.

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