Through The Glass Ceiling To The Stars Av Col. Eileen M. Usaf (Retired) Collins, Jonathan H. Ward

Through The Glass Ceiling To The Stars Av Col. Eileen M. Usaf (Retired) Collins, Jonathan H. Ward

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 pil......
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<B>The long-awaited memoir of a trailblazer and role model who is telling her story for the first time.</B><BR> 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 <I>Columbia</I> 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
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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.

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Oppdag Eileen Collins' inspirerende reise i "Through The Glass Ceiling To The Stars"

Velkommen til en uforglemmelig leseopplevelse med Through The Glass Ceiling To The Stars Av Col. Eileen M. Usaf (Retired) Collins, Jonathan H. Ward. Denne gripende memoaren gir deg et unikt innblikk i livet til en av de mest bemerkelsesverdige pionerene innen romfart.

En trener for kvinner i romfart

Eileen Collins er ikke bare en rompilot; hun er en symbol for styrke og mot. Med sin imponerende bakgrunn som den første kvinnen som har kommandert en amerikansk romferd, har hun brutt barrierer og inspirert generasjoner av kvinner. I denne boken deler hun ikke bare sine prestasjoner, men også de personlige kampene som formet henne.

  • Første kvinne ved roret av en amerikansk romferd.
  • Bakgrunn som en av de første kvinnelige piloter i Luftforsvaret.
  • En uforglemmelig historie om overvinning av vanskeligheter og transformasjon.
  • Deltar på viktige oppdrag, inkludert det historiske romfartsoppdraget etter Columbia-tragedien.

En dypt personlig beretning

I Through The Glass Ceiling To The Stars tar Collins oss med på en reise fra sin beskjedne barndom preget av økonomiske utfordringer til å bli en anerkjent stemme innen romfart og ledelse. Hennes mål er å inspirere bemanningen av nye generasjoner til å forfølge sine drømmer, akkurat som hun gjorde.

Uunnværlig lesning for alle eventyrere

Enten du er en romfartsentusiast, en ivrig leser av biografier, eller bare søker inspirasjon til å forfølge dine egne drømmer, er denne boken et must-read. Collins' evne til å knytte sitt personlige budskap til universelle temaer gjør denne memoaren til en helhetlig opplevelse.

Bestill Through The Glass Ceiling To The Stars Av Col. Eileen M. Usaf (Retired) Collins, Jonathan H. Ward i dag og bli en del av denne ekstraordinære reisen mot stjernene!

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