May 2, 2025 was National Space Day, an occasion to reflect on the history of the American spaceflight program for all its triumphs and tragedies, as well as to pause and consider all of the ...
UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #1: We are go for launch. MICHAEL LEINBACH: OK, Eileen, our long wait may be over. EILEEN COLLINS: The space shuttle program was riding on it. The whole American space program ...
Streaming has certainly brought the entire world under the slight force of a tap. It turns out that outer space, too, is only a button’s distance away, courtesy of documentation and streaming. 3 is ...
Eileen Collins flew into outer space four times and was the first woman to pilot and command a spacecraft. (SOUNDBITE OF DOCUMENTARY, "SPACEWOMAN") UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #1: We are go for launch.