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Eileen Collins: The First Woman “Shuttlenaut” in the Driver’s Seat

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    Umberto Cavallaro

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Cavallaro, U. (2017). Eileen Collins: The First Woman “Shuttlenaut” in the Driver’s Seat. In: Women Spacefarers. Springer Praxis Books(). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-34048-7_28

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