Feb. 3, 1995, Astronaut Eileen Collins at the Pilot’s Station on Shuttle Discovery In this Feb. 3, 1995, image taken onboard space shuttle Discovery on flight day one of the STS-63 mission, astronaut Eileen M. Collins — the first woman to pilot the shuttle — is at the pilot’s station during a „hotfiring“ procedure prior to rendezvous with the Russian Mir Space Station. via NASA http://ift.tt/1o6BSMq