Eileen Collins, 70. Geburtstag am 19. November

19.11.2026

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Space Shuttle Discovery Lands Safely Aug 05, 2005; Astronaut EILEEN M. COLLINS, STS-114 commander, floats in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station on Aug. 5. Astronaut JOHN L. PHILLIPS, Expedition 11 NASA Space Station science officer and flight engineer, is visible at bottom right. The Discovery safely landed at Edwards Air Force Base in California early in the morning on Aug. 9. Copyright: xNASA ActionxPressx
Astronauts Prepare for Space Shuttle Launch May 02, 2005; Cape Canaveral, FL, USA; Space Shuttle Discovery Commander Eileen Collins answers questions during press conference following the Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida Wednesday, 4 May 2005. NASA last week postponed the shuttle s launch date until mid-July. Discovery will be the first launch since the space shuttle Columbia burned up upon reentry in 2003.. Copyright: xChrisxLivingston ZUMAxPressx
23rd Annual Living Legends of Aviation Awards at the The Beverly Hilton Featuring: Eileen Collins Where: Los Angeles, California, United States When: 23 Jan 2026 Credit: Faye s Vision Cover Images EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR USE BY NEWSPAPERS BASED IN THE UK. Copyright: xx coverimg55407615
Shuttle Discovery s Launch Delayed Sep 17, 2004; Houston, TX, USA; Astronauts Stephen K. Robinson (left), STS-114 mission specialist; Eileen M. Collins, commander; and Wendy B. Lawrence (background), mission specialist, participate in a classroom training session in the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) near Johnson Space Center (JSC). Houston TX USA Copyright: xNASAx
Shuttle Discovery s Launch Delayed Nov 12, 2002; Houston, TX, USA; Astronauts Eileen M. Collins and James M. Kelly, STS-114 mission commander and pilot, respectively, await the start of a training session in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at the Johnson Space Center (JSC). Collins and Kelly are wearing training versions of the full-pressure launch and entry suit. Houston TX USA Copyright: xNASAx
World premiere of Spacewoman at DOC NYC festival Featuring: Eileen Collins Where: New York, New York, United States When: 16 Nov 2024 Credit: Jason Mendez Starpix INSTARimages EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR USE BY NEWSPAPERS BASED IN THE UK. Copyright: xJasonxMendezx xStarpixx instar54311690
RECORD DATE NOT STATED KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Sen. Bill Nelson and STS-114 Mission Commander Eileen Collins watch the newly redesigned External Tank being lifted in the Vehicle Assembly Building to a checkout cell? where the tank™s mechanical, electrical and thermal protection systems are inspected. Crew members are at Kennedy to observe tank activities. The tank will also undergo new processes resulting from its redesign, including inspection of the bipod heater and External Tank separation camera. The tank is designated to fly on Shuttle Discovery on Return to Flight mission STS-114. The launch window is May 12 to June 3, 2005. Copyright: xpiemagsx piemagsnasaend23-13222 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
RECORD DATE NOT STATED CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Former NASA astronaut Eileen Collins speaks during the Day of Remembrance ceremony. She commanded Discovery on the STS-114 mission that returned the shuttle program to flight following STS-107. Visible to the right is former NASA astronaut Jon McBride, chairman of the Astronauts Memorial Foundation board of directors. Space center employees and guests gathered at the Space Mirror Memorial at the spaceport s visitor complex for the annual event which took place on the 10th anniversary of the loss of the space shuttle Columbia and its crew. The ceremony also honored the astronauts of Apollo 1 and the shuttle Challenger. Dedicated in 1991, the names of fallen astronauts are emblazoned the Space Mirror Memorial s 4.5-foo Copyright: xpiemagsx piemagsnasaend23-10907 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
Astronauts Memorial Foundation Board Chair Eileen Collins, a former space shuttle commander, speaks during this year s Day of Remembrance ceremony at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. Each year spaceport employees and guests join others throughout NASA honoring the contributions of astronauts who have perished in the conquest of space. Copyright: xpiemagsx piemagsspace-142810 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
STS063-312-020 (3-11 Feb. 1995) --- Astronaut Eileen M. Collins, pilot, at the pilot s station during hotfiring procedure to clear leaking thruster prior to rendezvous with Russia s Mir Space Station. Others onboard the Space Shuttle Discovery were astronauts James D. Wetherbee, mission commander; Bernard A. Harris, Jr., payload commander; mission specialists C. Michael Foale and Janice E. Voss, and cosmonaut Vladimir G. Titov. This is one of 16 still photographs released by the NASA Johnson Space Center (JSC) Public Affairs Office (PAO) on February 14, 1995. Copyright: xpiemagsx piemagsspace-71161 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
S90-45845 (29-31 July 1990) --- Eileen M. Collins, a USAF major and a candidate for a pilot astronaut s position with NASA, listens to a briefing on parachute ejection. The classroom session was part of a three-day survival training course hosted by Vance Air Force Base in Oklahoma. Copyright: xpiemagsx piemagsspace-57807 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
JSC2005-E-33335 (10 August 2005) --- NASA Administrator Michael Griffin and astronaut Eileen M. Collins, STS-114 commander, are pictured during the STS-114 crew return ceremonies at Ellington Field& 0146;s Hangar 276 near Johnson Space Center (JSC). Copyright: xpiemagsx piemagsspace-35612 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - While touring the SRB Retrieval Ship Freedom Star, STS-114 Commander Eileen Collins and Mission Specialist Soichi Noguchi point at something on the Banana River. Noguchi is with the Japanese space agency NASDA. The ships routinely are docked at Hangar AF on the river. On their mission, the crew - which also includes Pilot James Kelly and Mission Specialist Stephen Robinson - will carry the MultiPurpose Logistics Module (MPLM) Raffaello and External Stowage Platform 2 to the International Space Station. The MPLM will contain supplies and equipment. Another goal of the mission is to remove and replace a Control Moment Gyro. Launch date for mission STS-114 is under review. Copyright: xpiemagsx piemagsspace-27032 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - STS-114 Mission Commander Eileen Collins looks over flight equipment in the Orbiter Processing Facility, along with Glenda Laws, EVA Task Leader, with United Space Alliance at Johnson Space Center. The STS-114 crew is at KSC to take part in crew equipment and orbiter familiarization. Copyright: xpiemagsx piemagsspace-28146 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
At the Skid Strip at the Cape Canaveral Air Station, Commander Eileen Collins and her daughter, Bridget Youngs, prepare to board an aircraft for their return flight to Houston following the completion of the STS-93 Space Shuttle mission. Landing occurred on runway 33 at KSC s Shuttle Landing Facility on July 27 with main gear touchdown at 11:20:35 p.m. EDT. The mission s primary objective was to deploy the Chandra X-ray Observatory, which will allow scientists from around the world to study some of the most distant, powerful and dynamic objects in the universe. This was the 95th flight in the Space Shuttle program and the 26th for Columbia. The landing was the 19th consecutive Shuttle landing in Florida and the 12th night landing in Shuttle Copyright: xpiemagsx piemagsspace-10686 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
S93-E-5033 (23 July 1999) --- Astronaut Eileen M. Collins, mission commander, looks over a procedures checklist at the commander s station on the forward flight deck of the Space Shuttle Columbia on Flight Day 1. The most important event of this day was the deployment of the Chandra X-Ray Observatory, the world s most powerful X-Ray telescope. The photo was recorded with an electronic still camera (ESC). Copyright: xpiemagsx piemagsspace-10635 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
The STS-93 crew leave the Shuttle Landing Facility after answering questions for the media and posing for photographers, whose shadows stretch across the SLF. From left are Mission Specialists Michel Tognini of France, who is with the Centre National d Etudes Spatiales (CNES) and Steven A. Hawley (Ph.D.), Commander Eileen M. Collins (waving), Mission Specialist Catherine G. Cady Coleman (Ph.D.), and Pilot Jeffrey S. Ashby. The crew arrived at KSC for pre-launch activities. Collins is the first woman to serve as mission commander. The primary mission of STS-93 is the release of the Chandra X-ray Observatory, which will allow scientists from around the world to study some of the most distant, powerful and dynamic objects in the universe. Th Copyright: xpiemagsx piemagsspace-10455 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
During emergency egress training inside an M-113 armored personnel carrier at the launch pad, Mission Specialist Michel Tognini of France and Commander Eileen M. Collins share a light moment. In preparation for their mission, the STS-93 crew are participating in Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test activities that also include a launch-day dress rehearsal culminating with a simulated main engine cut-off. Also at KSC are Pilot Jeffrey S. Ashby and Mission Specialists Steven A. Hawley (Ph.D.), and Catherine G. Coleman (Ph.D.). Collins is the first woman to serve as mission commander. Tognini represents the Centre National d Etudes Spatiales (CNES). The primary mission of STS-93 is the release of the Chandra X-ray Observatory, which will allo Copyright: xpiemagsx piemagsspace-10295 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
Retired NASA astronaut, Col. Eileen Collins, speaks on day three of the Republican National Convention at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio on July 20, 2016. Donald Trump will formally accept the Republican Party s nomination for President on Thursday night July 21st. CLE20160720516 KEVINxDIETSCH
Astronautin Eileen Collins (USA) mit Daniel Goldin (USA Nasa Administrator) nach der Mission STS 93 in Cape Canaveral - - KSC99072705
Astronautin Eileen Collins (USA) in Cape Canaveral - - KSC99071601
Kommandantin Eileen M. Collins (USA) im Johnson Space Center in Houston - (wax2005061970)
Commander Eileen Collins (USA Mission STS 114) winkend anlässlich ihrer Ankunft im Kennedy Space Center auf Cape Canaveral ksp2005070902
NASA Mission STS 114 - Commander Eileen Collins (USA) an Bord des Raumschiffes - Discovery - wax20050730209
Commander Eileen Collins (USA Mission STS 114) während einer medizinischen Untersuchung auf Cape Canaveral wax200507261043
Astronauten Charlie Camarda (li.) und Steve Robinson (re., beide Mission Specialists) mit Commander Eileen Collins (USA) nach absolvierten Trainingseinheiten für die Mission STS 114 auf der Shuttle Landing Facility des NASA Kennedy Space Center auf Cape Canaveral wax20050725101
Astronautin Eileen Collins (USA) spricht mit raumfahrtbegeisterten Kids während eines Besuchs im American Museum of Natural History in New York

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23rd Annual Living Legends of Aviation Awards at the The Beverly Hilton Featuring: Eileen Collins Where: Los Angeles, California, United States When: 23 Jan 2026 Credit: Faye s Vision Cover Images EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR USE BY NEWSPAPERS BASED IN THE UK. Copyright: xx coverimg55407615

World premiere of Spacewoman at DOC NYC festival Featuring: Eileen Collins Where: New York, New York, United States When: 16 Nov 2024 Credit: Jason Mendez Starpix INSTARimages EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR USE BY NEWSPAPERS BASED IN THE UK. Copyright: xJasonxMendezx xStarpixx instar54311690

Astronautin Eileen Collins (USA) mit Daniel Goldin (USA Nasa Administrator) nach der Mission STS 93 in Cape Canaveral - - KSC99072705

Astronautin Eileen Collins (USA) in Cape Canaveral - - KSC99071601

Kommandantin Eileen M. Collins (USA) im Johnson Space Center in Houston - (wax2005061970)

Commander Eileen Collins (USA Mission STS 114) winkend anlässlich ihrer Ankunft im Kennedy Space Center auf Cape Canaveral ksp2005070902

NASA Mission STS 114 - Commander Eileen Collins (USA) an Bord des Raumschiffes - Discovery - wax20050730209

Commander Eileen Collins (USA Mission STS 114) während einer medizinischen Untersuchung auf Cape Canaveral wax200507261043

Astronauten Charlie Camarda (li.) und Steve Robinson (re., beide Mission Specialists) mit Commander Eileen Collins (USA) nach absolvierten Trainingseinheiten für die Mission STS 114 auf der Shuttle Landing Facility des NASA Kennedy Space Center auf Cape Canaveral wax20050725101

Astronautin Eileen Collins (USA) spricht mit raumfahrtbegeisterten Kids während eines Besuchs im American Museum of Natural History in New York