The trailblazer who made history as NASA’s first woman commander

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Tony Jolliffe/ BBC News Eileen Collins wearing a blue jacket with a round Nasa patch on one side and a rectangular shuttle patch on the other with her name. She has short brown hair and brown eyes and is smiling as she looks directly to camera. She is in the space gallery at the Science Museum and an out of focus rocket engine can be seen behind her. — From a very young age, Eileen Collins wanted to be an astronaut

She’s the astronaut who smashed through the glass ceiling. And kept on going.

Eileen…

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