1999: Eileen Collins is NASA's first female commander
Eileen Collins, a former US Air Force Colonel who already holds the distinction of being the first woman to pilot the Space Shuttle, becomes the first woman to command a NASA space mission.
Mission Commander Collins and her crew are launching the Chandra X-ray Observatory space telescope from the Space Shuttle Columbia.
When the mission is complete, Commander Collins will become the first woman to land the Space Shuttle.
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