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020			_a9781950994052 _q(hbk.)
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092			_aCOLLINS, E. _bC712
049			_aNFGA
100	1		_aCollins, Eileen _q(Eileen Marie), _d1956- _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aThrough the glass ceiling to the stars : _bthe story of the first American woman to command a space mission / _cColonel Eileen M. Collins, USAF (Retired), NASA astronaut, with Jonathan H. Ward.
250			_aFirst edition.
264		1	_aNew York, NY : _bArcade Publishing, _c[2021]
300			_a316 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : _billustrations (some colour) ; _c23 cm
336			_atext _2rdacontent
336			_astill image _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _2rdacarrier
500			_aIncludes index.
520			_a"The long-awaited memoir of a trailblazer and role model who is telling her story for the first time. Eileen Collins was an aviation pioneer her entire career, from her crowning achievements as the first woman to command an American space mission as well as the first to pilot the space shuttle to her early years as one of the Air Force's first female pilots. She was in the first class of women to earn pilot's wings at Vance Air Force Base and was their first female instructor pilot. She was only the second woman admitted to the Air Force's elite Test Pilot Program at Edwards Air Force Base. NASA had such confidence in her skills as a leader and pilot that she was entrusted to command the first shuttle mission after the Columbia disaster, returning the US to spaceflight after a two-year hiatus. Since retiring from the Air Force and NASA, she has served on numerous corporate boards and is an inspirational speaker about space exploration and leadership. Eileen Collins is among the most recognized and admired women in the world, yet this is the first time she has told her story in a book. It is a story not only of achievement and overcoming obstacles but of profound personal transformation. The shy, quiet child of an alcoholic father and struggling single mother, who grew up in modest circumstances and was an unremarkable student, she had few prospects when she graduated from high school, but she changed her life to pursue her secret dream of becoming an astronaut. She shares her leadership and life lessons throughout the book with the aim of inspiring and passing on her legacy to a new generation."--Provided by the publisher.
505	0		_aLeaving Earth for the first time -- Elmira -- College and first flight -- Pilot training -- Strength and humility: training pilots -- Be careful what you ask for: operation pilot -- Air Force Academy -- Test pilot school -- A dream come true -- Becoming and astronaut -- First woman space shuttle pilot: STS-63 -- On board Mir: STS-84 -- First woman to command a space mission: STS-93 -- The Columbia tragedy -- Return to flight: STS-114 -- On mission.
600	1	0	_aCollins, Eileen _q(Eileen Marie), _d1956-
650		0	_aAstronauts _zUnited States _vBiography. _99079
650		0	_aAir pilots _zUnited States _vBiography. _9134918
650		0	_aWomen astronauts _zUnited States _vBiography. _9251635
650		0	_aWomen air pilots _zUnited States _vBiography. _944175
655		7	_aAutobiographies. _2lcgft _9728
700	1		_aWard, Jonathan H., _eauthor.
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