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.
NASA astronaut
1995-02-03
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/feb-3-1995-astronaut-eileen-collins-at-the-pilots-station-on-shuttle-discovery">Feb. 3, 1995, Astronaut Eileen Collins at the Pilot's Station on Shuttle Discovery</a>