Eileen Collins: Quiet Mastery Behind NASA’s Milestone

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Eileen Collins: Quiet Mastery Behind NASA’s Milestone
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Hannah Berryman’s Spacewoman profiles Eileen Collins, tracing her ascent from a challenging Elmira upbringing to NASA’s first female shuttle pilot and commander, and foregrounding her poised navigation of pride, fear, and a male-dominated culture—with a tense Discovery moment that anchors the documentary amid memories of Challenger and Columbia.

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