Major Eileen M. Collins with F-4E-31-MC Phantom II, 66-0289, at the Air Force Test Pilot School, Edwards Air Force Base, California, 1990. (U.S. Air Force)
U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School student Maj. Eileen M. Collins, (Class 89B), was selected by NASA as a Space Shuttle pilot candidate on January 17, 1990. Major Collins was the first woman to be selected for the job, and went to both pilot and command the Space Shuttle. (Courtesy Photo)