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Eileen Collins’ New Memoir

By Róisín Chapman
IA Newsletter December 18, 2021

December 17, 2021 by Leave a Comment

Commander Eileen Collins

Eileen Collins has had a groundbreaking career in both the United States Air Force and NASA. She went from being one of four women chosen for Undergraduate Pilot Training at Vance Air Force Base to becoming the second ever female pilot to attend the U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School. She was chosen for the NASA astronaut program in 1990, fulfilling a lifelong … [Read more...] about Eileen Collins’ New Memoir

The Right Stuff

By Patricia Harty, Editor-In-Chief April / May 2000

April 30, 2021 by Leave a Comment

Eileen Collins, the first female to command a space mission, is a determined down-to-earth woman who never let anything stand in the way of her dream. August 1999: NASA, Texas: Eileen Collins looks a little tired and it's no wonder. America's first female space commander has been caught in a whirlwind of publicity since she returned to earth some three weeks before, having … [Read more...] about The Right Stuff

First Findings in From NASA Twin Study

By Adam Farley, Deputy Editor
August / September 2017

August 1, 2017 by Leave a Comment

The first results from a years-long study about the effects of prolonged space travel involving celebrated Irish American astronaut twins Mark and Scott Kelly (below, left and right) were released by NASA in January. The study, aptly named the Twins Study, compared biological samples shared by the brothers after Scott’s nearly year-long posting at the International Space … [Read more...] about First Findings in From NASA Twin Study

Passings

By Irish America Staff
August/ September 2003

August 1, 2003 by Leave a Comment

Jack Donohue, the high school coach of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and for years the face of Canadian basketball, died in late April. He was 70. A New Yorker, Donohue moved to Canada in the 1970s and served as head coach of the Canadian men's basketball team for 17 years, leading the team to the Olympics four times. Donohue coached Abdul-Jabbar, then Lew Alcindor, at Power Memorial … [Read more...] about Passings

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Sir Hudson Lowe, an Anglo-Irish soldier, was born on this day in his mother’s native city of Galway in 1769. Hudson’s father, John Lowe, was an army surgeon, so much of his childhood was spent in various garrison towns; particularly in the West Indies. In 1787, he entered his father’s regiment. Lowe is best known for his time as Governor of the colony of St. Helena and as the “gaoler” for Napoleon Bonaparte.

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