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Through the Glass Ceiling to the Stars - The Story of the First American Woman to Command a Space Mission (Hardcover)
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Through the Glass Ceiling to the Stars - The Story of the First American Woman to Command a Space Mission (Hardcover)
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The long-awaited memoir of a trailblazer and role model who is
telling her story for the first time. Eileen Collins was an
aviation pioneer her entire career, from her crowning achievements
as the first woman to command an American space mission as well as
the first to pilot the space shuttle to her early years as one of
the Air Force's first female pilots. She was in the first class of
women to earn pilot's wings at Vance Air Force Base and was their
first female instructor pilot. She was only the second woman
admitted to the Air Force's elite Test Pilot Program at Edwards Air
Force Base. NASA had such confidence in her skills as a leader and
pilot that she was entrusted to command the first shuttle mission
after the Columbia disaster, returning the US to spaceflight after
a two-year hiatus. Since retiring from the Air Force and NASA, she
has served on numerous corporate boards and is an inspirational
speaker about space exploration and leadership. Eileen Collins is
among the most recognized and admired women in the world, yet this
is the first time she has told her story in a book. It is a story
not only of achievement and overcoming obstacles but of profound
personal transformation. The shy, quiet child of an alcoholic
father and struggling single mother, who grew up in modest
circumstances and was an unremarkable student, she had few
prospects when she graduated from high school, but she changed her
life to pursue her secret dream of becoming an astronaut. She
shares her leadership and life lessons throughout the book with the
aim of inspiring and passing on her legacy to a new generation.
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