EDITORIAL : THUMBS UP.THE first woman to command a U.S. space flight, Air Force Col. Eileen Collins Eileen Marie Collins (b. 19 November, 1956 in Elmira, New York) is an American astronaut and a retired U.S. Air Force Colonel. A former military instructor and test pilot, Collins was the first female pilot and first female commander of a Space Shuttle. , is guiding the shuttle Columbia on a mission to deliver the world's most powerful X-ray telescope telescope, traditionally, a system of lenses, mirrors, or both, used to gather light from a distant object and form an image of it. Traditional optical telescopes, which are the subject of this article, also are used to magnify objects on earth and in astronomy; . We wish her and her team all systems go for their mission. And we congratulate NASA NASA: see National Aeronautics and Space Administration. NASA in full National Aeronautics and Space Administration Independent U.S. on giving her command. It marks a long-overdue milestone in the space program. |
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