ASTRONAUT

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 676,453 page views. Her biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Eileen Collins is the 158th most popular astronaut (up from 169th in 2019), the 5,827th most popular biography from United States (up from 6,903rd in 2019) and the 58th most popular American Astronaut.

Memorability Metrics

  • 680k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.33

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 42

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.64

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.36

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Eileen Collins ranks 158 out of 556. Before her are Vladimir Kovalyonok, Thomas Reiter, William Shepherd, Chiaki Mukai, Franklin Chang Díaz, and Ronald McNair. After her are Anatoly Artsebarsky, Valentin Lebedev, Owen Garriott, Michael López-Alegría, Fyodor Yurchikhin, and Joe Engle.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Eileen Collins ranks 243. Before her are Michael Spinks, Paul Cook, Isabel Pantoja, Laura Zapata, Milan Jelić, and Pierre-Louis Lions. After her are Anatoly Artsebarsky, Arthur Golden, John Lee Hancock, Lilli Carati, Peter Šťastný, and Veronica Hart.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Eileen Collins ranks 5,827 out of 20,380. Before her are Kenneth H. Cooper (1931), Charles David Keeling (1928), Herman Daly (1938), Kevin Conroy (1955), Steve Porcaro (1957), and Harry Stenqvist (1893). After her are Jess Willard (1881), William Gaddis (1922), Barbara Harris (1935), Walter Lang (1896), Ruby Dee (1922), and Joe Henderson (1937).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In United States

Among astronauts born in United States, Eileen Collins ranks 58. Before her are Kenneth Cockrell (1950), William R. Pogue (1930), Edward Gibson (1936), Peggy Whitson (1960), William Shepherd (1949), and Ronald McNair (1950). After her are Owen Garriott (1930), Joe Engle (1932), Theodore Freeman (1930), Paul J. Weitz (1932), Anna Lee Fisher (1949), and John E. Blaha (1942).

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