Eileen Collins Autographs
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. She was one of four women chosen for Undergraduate Pilot Training at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma. After earning her pilot wings, she stayed on at Vance for three years as a T-38 Talon instructor pilot before transitioning to the C-141 Starlifter at Travis Air Force Base, California. During the American invasion of Grenada in October 1983, her aircraft flew troops of the 82nd Airborne Division from Pope Air Force Base in North Carolina to Grenada, and took thirty-six medical students back. From 1986 to 1989, she was an assistant professor in mathematics and a T-41 instructor pilot at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado. She earned a Master of Science degree in operations research from Stanford University in 1986, and a Master of Arts degree in space systems management from Webster University in 1989. That year, she became the second woman pilot to attend the USAF Test Pilot School, graduating with class 89B.
In 1990, Collins was selected to be a pilot astronaut with NASA Astronaut Group 13. She flew the Space Shuttle as the pilot of the 1995 STS-63 mission, which involved a space rendezvous between Space Shuttle Discovery and the Russian space station Mir. She was also the pilot for STS-84 in 1997. She became the first woman to command a US spacecraft with STS-93, which launched in July 1999 and deployed the Chandra X-Ray Observatory. In 2005 she commanded STS-114, NASA's "return to flight" mission after the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster, to test safety improvements and resupply the International Space Station (ISS). During this mission she became the first astronaut to fly the Space Shuttle orbiter through a complete 360-degree pitch maneuver so astronauts aboard the ISS could take photographs of its belly to ensure there was no threat from debris-related damage during re-entry. She retired from the USAF in January 2005 with the rank of colonel, and from NASA in May 2006.
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Current items with a signature of Eileen Collins
These are the most current items with a signature of Eileen Collins that were listed on eBay and on other online stores - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | EILEEN COLLINS SIGNED NASA Astronaut 8x10 Color Photo (Space Shuttle) | $57.50 |  |
 | Vintage NASA Astronaut Eileen Collins Signed Autograph 10"x8.5" Photo | $45.00 | |
Traded items with a signature of Eileen Collins
The most expensive item with a signature of Eileen Collins (FEBRUARY 19 1993 EILEEN COLLINS ASTRONAUT SIGNED 8X10 PHOTO JSA AUTHENTIC PB) was sold in January 2021 for $150.00 while the cheapest item (Eileen Collins NASA Astronaut signed RPT photo 8,2x10,2) found a new owner for $0.99 in June 2011. The month with the most items sold (5) was January 2010 with an average selling price of $9.00 for an autographed item of Eileen Collins. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in January 2021 with $150.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $0.99 was November 2010. In average, an autographed item from Eileen Collins is worth $18.75.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Eileen Collins were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | 1990 ASTRONAUT EILEEN COLLINS Commander Space Shuttle AUTOGRAPHED COVER | $17.37 |  |
| 2012 Panini Americana Heroes & Legends Eileen Collins Autograph 073/179 | $45.00 | |
| Astronaut Eileen Collins Hand Signed TLS Dated 1992 on NASA Letterhead | $90.99 | |
| EILEEN COLLINS AUTOGRAPH ASTRONAUT CARD 2012 AMERICANA NUMBERED 098/179 | $28.76 | |
| Eileen Collins hand signed Panini "Americana" trading card - 8086 | $37.55 | |
 | Eileen Collins NASA Astronaut 1st Woman Pilot Shuttle Signed Autograph Photo | $72.95 | |
| Eileen Collins Signed 8x10 NASA Photo with COA | $38.00 | |
| Eileen Collins Signed Cut AUTO PSA/DNA Authentic | $31.00 | |
| EILEEN COLLINS SIGNED NASA Astronaut 8x10 Color Photo (Space Shuttle) | $57.50 | |
| EILEEN COLLINS SIGNED NASA Astronaut 8x10 Color Photo (Space Shuttle) | $57.50 | |
| Eileen Collins SIGNED Through the Glass Ceiling hc/dj book NASA USAF astronaut | $12.00 | |
| EILEEN COLLINS Signed Typed LETTER…SHUTTLE ASTRONAUT | $1.99 | |
| Four Time Shuttle Astronaut, 1st Woman Commander Eileen Collins Autographed Book | $42.99 | |
| THROUGH THE GLASS CEILING TO THE STARS Col. Eileen Collins SIGNED by Co-Author! | $5.99 | |
| Through the Glass Ceiling to the Stars... by Col. Eileen Collins SIGNED 1st Ed. | $45.00 | |
Latest News about Eileen Collins
Petra Collins' Consumption Habits: Scary Anime, Leopard Print, and More of the " (01/24/2019): Photographer, model, and director Petra Collins shares her latest inspirations: what she's listening to, reading, watching, looking at, and obsessing over. 
Albany exhibit honors astronaut Eileen Collins (03/17/2014): An exhibit in the state Legislative Office Building in Albany honoring 'Women of Distinction'... - 2:52 pm Eileen Collins to be Inducted Into Hall of Fame (07/18/2013): CAPE CANAVERAL, FL (WENY) -- An Elmira icon is being honored for her legendary and history-making space career. Space Shuttle Astronauts Curt Brown, Eileen Collins and Bonnie Dunbar Inducted i (04/22/2013): Space Shuttle Astronauts Curt Brown, Eileen Collins and Bonnie Dunbar Inducted into U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame Eileen Collins has the right stuff; Elmira native inducted into Astronaut Hall o (04/20/2013): When Elmira native Eileen Collins went on a very important job interview in 1990, she wore a suit... - 9:25 pm
Older News Stories about Eileen Collins
Space Shuttle Astronauts Curt Brown, Eileen Collins and Bonnie Dunbar Inducted i (04/2013): Space Shuttle Astronauts Curt Brown, Eileen Collins and Bonnie Dunbar Inducted into U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame
