Eileen Collins Trivia Quiz: The US Astronaut

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Eileen Marie Collins is a retired NASA astronaut and United States Air Force (USAF) colonel. She was the first woman to pilot the Space Shuttle and the first to command a Space Shuttle mission. Collins graduated from Corning Community College and Syracuse University and was commissioned as an officer in the USAF through Syracuse's Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps program. She was selected to be a pilot astronaut with NASA Astronaut Group 13 in 1990 and flew multiple Space Shuttle missions. Collins retired from the USAF in January 2005 and from NASA in May 2006.

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Where did Eileen Marie Collins earn her associate degree in mathematics?

  • Syracuse University

  • Stanford University

  • Corning Community College

  • Webster University

Where did Eileen Marie Collins earn a Master of Science degree in operations research?

  • Syracuse University

  • Stanford University

  • Corning Community College

  • Webster University

What type of aircraft did Eileen Marie Collins transition to at Travis Air Force Base?

  • T-38 Talon

  • C-141 Starlifter

  • F-16 Fighting Falcon

  • A-10 Thunderbolt II

What was the name of the USAF Test Pilot School class that Eileen Marie Collins graduated with?

  • Class 89A

  • Class 89B

  • Class 89C

  • Class 89D

What was the purpose of the STS-114 mission?

  • To deploy the Chandra X-Ray Observatory

  • To test safety improvements after the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster

  • To resupply the International Space Station

  • To perform a space rendezvous with the Russian space station Mir

Where was Eileen Marie Collins born?

  • Elmira, New York

  • Syracuse, New York

  • Corning, New York

  • Rochester, New York

When did the United States Air Force change its policy to allow women to train as pilots?

  • 1956

  • 1968

  • 1975

  • 1982

What magazine did Eileen Marie Collins subscribe to as a child?

  • National Geographic

  • Time

  • Newsweek

  • Air Force Magazine

What was Eileen Marie Collins' first Space Shuttle mission?

  • STS-63

  • STS-84

  • STS-93

  • STS-114

What was Eileen Marie Collins' role on the STS-93 mission?

  • Pilot

  • Commander

  • Payload Specialist

  • Mission Specialist

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