Season 4, Episode 3: Eileen Collins
from American Achievers Hosted by Keith Dunnavant
Part 2 of 2: Eileen Collins talks about the pressure she felt to measure up at NASA, becoming the first woman to pilot and command the Space Shuttle, how traveling to space affected her, and the tragic day when Columbia disintegrated on re-entry, killing seven of her colleagues.
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