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Eileen Collins

1956 - Today

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Eileen Marie Collins (born 19 November 1956) is a retired NASA astronaut and United States Air Force (USAF) colonel. A former flight instructor and test pilot, Collins was the first woman to pilot the Space Shuttle and the first to command a Space Shuttle mission. A graduate of Corning Community College, where she earned an associate degree in mathematics in 1976, and Syracuse University, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in mathematics and economics in 1978, Collins was commissioned as an officer in the USAF through Syracuse's Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps program. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Eileen Collins has received more than 644,311 page views. Her biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Eileen Collins is the 169th most popular astronaut (down from 142nd in 2019), the 6,917th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,469th in 2019) and the 69th most popular American Astronaut.

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  • 46.06

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 39

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.96

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.34

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Eileen Collins ranks 169 out of 524. Before her are Aleksandr Viktorenko, C. Gordon Fullerton, Christer Fuglesang, Fyodor Yurchikhin, Theodore Freeman, and Clifton Williams. After her are Valeri Tokarev, Laurel Clark, Patrick Baudry, Yuri Malenchenko, Claudie Haigneré, and Robert Crippen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Eileen Collins ranks 285. Before her are Vjekoslav Bevanda, Cris Morena, Doina Melinte, Lisa Eilbacher, Mark Evans, and Peter Farrelly. After her are Bernard Sumner, David E. Kelley, Rainer Woelki, Ismaël Lô, Schelte J. Bus, and Lei Clijsters.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Eileen Collins ranks 6,917 out of 18,182. Before her are Gina Raimondo (1971), Riley Reid (1991), Khloé Kardashian (1984), John W. Foster (1836), Leila Denmark (1898), and John Lurie (1952). After her are Blind Blake (1893), Martha Mansfield (1899), Mimi Leder (1952), Kvitka Cisyk (1953), Debra Hill (1950), and Anita Page (1910).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In United States

Among astronauts born in United States, Eileen Collins ranks 69. Before her are Paul J. Weitz (1932), Jack Lousma (1936), Joe Engle (1932), C. Gordon Fullerton (1936), Theodore Freeman (1930), and Clifton Williams (1932). After her are Laurel Clark (1961), Robert Crippen (1937), John Oliver Creighton (1943), Scott Kelly (1964), James McDivitt (1929), and Joseph P. Kerwin (1932).

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