Colonel Eileen Collins
Colonel Eileen Collins '76
Presentation & Book Signing
Please join us as we welcome Colonel Eileen Collins to discuss her new memoir
Through the Glass Ceiling to the Stars: The Story of the First American Woman to Command a Space Mission
Tuesday, April 26, 2022
1:00 - 1:30 p.m.
Presentation and Preview Show in the new Digital Dome Theater
As of 4/20, Registration for this Event is Full.
1:30-2:30 p.m.
Book Signing (no registration required)
SUNY Corning Community College / Digital Dome Theater (formerly the Planetarium)
Join us to hear Col. Eileen Collins ’76 discuss her new memoir Through the Glass Ceiling to the Stars: The Story of the First American Woman to Command a Space Mission, followed by a sneak preview showing in the new Digital Dome Theater and a book signing. Register today to reserve your seat as space is limited! This event is free and open to the public.
The College’s Barnes & Noble bookstore will be on site selling hardcover copies of the book ($27.99 plus tax), but supply is limited. Cash or credit card accepted.
Light snacks and refreshments will be available.
From Simon & Schuster:
The long-awaited memoir of a trailblazer and role model who is telling her story for the first time. 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.
Eileen Collins is among the most recognized and admired women in the world, yet this is the first time she has told her story in a book. It is a story not only of achievement and overcoming obstacles but of profound personal transformation. The shy, quiet child of an alcoholic father and struggling single mother, who grew up in modest circumstances and was an unremarkable student, she had few prospects when she graduated from high school, but she changed her life to pursue her secret dream of becoming an astronaut. She shares her leadership and life lessons throughout the book with the aim of inspiring and passing on her legacy to a new generation.
Contact CCC Development Foundation Office for more information
607-962-9458 / foundation@corning-cc.edu.
Note: SUNY Corning will adhere to all COVID protocols in place at the time of the event. Currently, individuals not fully vaccinated are responsible for wearing masks when inside campus buildings and should, where practicable, observe social distancing in indoor settings.