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#OnThisDay, 3 Feb 1995, Eileen Collins becomes the first woman to pilot the Space Shuttle on a mission when she took the helm of #Discovery. She would go on to become the first woman to command a Shuttle.

#WomenInSpace #WomenPilots #WomenInHistory #Histodons

Eileen Collins in her official mission photo. She is a white woman with red hair, wearing her orange spaceflight suit and holding the helmet. A model of the space shuttle is on a desk behind her.

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@CarveHerName@mstdn.social · 4 days ago

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@CarveHerName@mstdn.social · 7 months ago

#OnThisDay, 23 July 1999, Eileen Collins becomes the first woman to command a Space Shuttle. She went on to command Discovery on the first test flight of a Shuttle after the Columbia disaster.

Watch the lift-off: https://youtu.be/AfqIzfH7r2Y

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #WomenInSpace #SpaceHistory #Histodons

Eileen Collins in her orange launch suit, seated at the controls of Columbia in 1999. She's a white woman with red hair.

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@CarveHerName@mstdn.social · 7 months ago

#OnThisDay, 23 July 1999, Eileen Collins becomes the first woman to command a Space Shuttle. She went on to command Discovery on the first test flight of a Shuttle after the Columbia disaster.

Watch the lift-off: https://youtu.be/AfqIzfH7r2Y

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #WomenInSpace #SpaceHistory #Histodons

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@CarveHerName@mstdn.social · 8 months ago

#OnThisDay, 18 Jun 1983, Sally Ride is the first woman to be a US astronaut, on board the Challenger shuttle.

A new documentary, 'Sally' (2025, Cristina Costantini) explores her achievements and why she felt she had to hide her sexuality.

#WomenInSpace #WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #Histodons