First female pilot
In February 1995, NASA astronaut Eileen Collins became the first woman to pilot a Space Shuttle mission, which she did during the STS-63 Discovery flight. Later in July 1999, Collins made history once again as the first woman commander of a Shuttle mission during the STS-93 Columbia flight. Then in July 2005, Collins was the first woman to command a Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS).
