[DOC] [TLE] Eileen Collins - Wikipedia [PAR] Eileen Marie Collins (born November 19, 1956) is a retired NASA astronaut and 
a retired United States Air Force colonel. A former military instructor and test pilot, 
Collins was the first female pilot and first female commander of a Space Shuttle. 
... In recognition of her achievement as the first female Shuttle Pilot, she received
... [DOC] [TLE] List of astronauts by year of selection - Wikipedia [PAR] This is a list of astronauts by year of selection, people selected for training for a 
human ... Note: The first group of astronauts selected by NASA were for Project 
Mercury ... Note: On March 12, 1962, a group of five civilian women with 
parachuting ..... Apollo mission and the first flight of the Space Shuttle in 1981, 
few astronauts... [DOC] [TLE] First American Woman in Space | NASA [PAR] Jun 18, 2013 ... This week in 1983, space shuttle Challenger and the STS-7 crew launched from 
... On this mission, Sullivan became the first U.S. woman to perform a spacewalk. 
..... One of six women selected in NASA's 1978 astronaut class, Sally Ride was ... 
Her commander on STS-7, Bob Crippen, agreed that Sally was... [DOC] [TLE] Remembering the Challenger Crew | NASA [PAR] Space Shuttle Challenger and its seven-member crew were lost Jan. ... data relay 
satellite and Sally Ride became the first woman in space (STS-7). .... Center 
Director Bob Cabana, a former space shuttle commander, ... who went on to be 
selected by NASA as a mission specialist in January 1998. ...... March 23, 2008... [DOC] [TLE] NASA's First Class of Female Astronauts | NASA [PAR] NASA selected all six women as their first female astronaut candidates in 
January ... With the launch, Mission Specialist Sally Ride became the first 
American woman to .... From February 15 through March 4, 1960, the gimbal rig 
provided valuable ... Later in her career, Johnson worked on the space shuttle 
program and the... [DOC] [TLE] Last Female Shuttle Astronaut Available For Interviews | NASA [PAR] Jun 2, 2011 ... Her first spaceflight was aboard shuttle Atlantis on the STS-112 mission in 
October 2002. ... 2008 and returned to Earth aboard shuttle Discovery on STS-
119 in March 2009. ... For more information about the STS-135 mission and crew, 
visit: ... First Woman to Command the International Space Station. [DOC] [TLE] Three Space Shuttle Astronauts Inducted into Hall of Fame - NASA [PAR] Eileen Collins, the first woman to pilot and command space shuttle missions 
speaks after ... Following her retirement from NASA in 2005, Dunbar served as 
president of The ..... who went on to be selected by NASA as a mission specialist 
in January 1998. ..... Grunsfeld was selected as a NASA astronaut in March 1992. [DOC] [TLE] Former NASA Astronaut Donald Williams Dies | NASA [PAR] Mar 3, 2016 ... NASA astronaut Donald Williams aboard Space Shuttle Atlantis ... Donald E. 
Williams, who served as pilot on his first space shuttle flight and commander on 
his ... In March 1990, Williams retired from the Navy and left NASA. ..... Six women 
were among 35 NASA astronauts selected for the Space shuttle... [DOC] [TLE] Astronauts: Women in Space - Dictionary definition of Astronauts ... [PAR] Selected Canadian astronaut (1983); flew on one Spacelab mission before 
resigning from ... Born Geraldyn Menor Cobb on March 5, 1931, at Norman, 
Oklahoma; ... American astronaut who was the first female pilot of the space 
shuttle. ... shuttle commander of the Columbia, the first woman to lead the crew of 
four (1998). [DOC] [TLE] Space Shuttle Atlantis' New Home to Open June 29 - NASA [PAR] In 1998, Parazynski was named to the STS-95 crew, which included .... Her 
backup was Idaho teacher Barbara Morgan who went on to be selected by .... 
Eileen Collins became the first woman to command a shuttle mission, STS-93 in 
July 1999. ... KNOW unofficially was formed in March 2014, as the Federal 
Women's... [DOC] [TLE] Ready for Launch | NASA [PAR] Jul 9, 2011 ... Six women were among 35 NASA astronauts selected for the Space shuttle ...

Question: In March 1998 NASA selected her as the first female commander for a space shuttle mission
Answer: Eileen Collins