02224cam a2200337 4500 2776565121 TxAuBib 20260605120000.0 ||||||s2021||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781666185775 1666185779 eac93c03-6f1c-4f8b-88a6-89974ac3168b OverDrive (Reserve ID) 7143216 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Collins, USAF (Retired). Through the Glass Ceiling to the Stars [Libby Audiobook] : The Story of the First American Woman to Command a Space Mission. Tantor Media, Inc, 2021. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 306MB. breaking the glass ceiling. women in the military. famous astronauts. HTML:<b>The long-awaited memoir of a trailblazer and role model who is telling her story for the first time.</b><br /> 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. Biography & Autobiography. Nonfiction. Military. History. Media Type: Audiobook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2026-06-05 20:00:02. Ward, Jonathan H. Secours, Molly. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=eac93c03-6f1c-4f8b-88a6-89974ac3168b&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen)