Astronaut Collins leaving NASA

ASTRONAUT LEAVING: Astronaut Eileen Collins, who led the space shuttle Discovery's return to flight mission last year and is the first woman to command a space shuttle, said May 1 that she is leaving NASA. Collins became an astronaut in 1990 and flew on four space flights. "Eileen Collins is a...

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