# Eileen Collins (S93-E-5033, 1999-07-24)

- By: This image or video was catalogued by Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center of the United States National Aeronautics and…
- Date: 1999-07-24
- Classification: Photograph
- Credit line: Description page (archive); direct link to file (archive of file)
- Museum: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eileen_Collins_(S93-E-5033,_1999-07-24).jpg)
- Rights: Public domain
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/commons/thumb/c/c0/Eileen_Collins_%28S93-E-5033%2C_1999-07-24%29.jpg/1920px-Eileen_Collins_%28S93-E-5033%2C_1999-07-24%29.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Astronaut Eileen M. Collins, mission commander, looks over a procedures checklist at the commander's station on the forward flight deck of the Space Shuttle Columbia on Flight Day 1. The most important event of this day was the deployment of the Chandra X-Ray Observatory, the world's most powerful X-Ray telescope. The photo was recorded with an electronic still camera (ESC). S93-E-5033.