Step 1:Assign one of the following suggested activities to be completed during the week.

Getting To Know Commander Eileen Collins:

• Read the Bio-line in the Female Frontiers Commander Collins Activity:
  • When did she get her master's degree? How old was she?

• Read Eileen's biography on the Johnson Space Center site:
  • List Eileen's other Shuttle flights.

• Listen to the Quest Project interview with Commander Collins:
  • During her first shuttle flight, how did she know she was in microgravity?
    (You may need to download the RealPlayer: http://www.real.com)

STS-93 Mission Facts:

• Read the material in the Female Frontiers Shuttle Aeronautics Activity:
  • Name four parts of the space shuttle.

• Based on the information found on the Chandra X-Ray Observatory web site:
  • Which of the X-Ray sources listed are not suitable for Chandra and why?

• Columbia is the shuttle that will be launching the Chandra into space, visit the Columbia web site:
  • When did it fly its first mission? When was the last time it was in space?

• Look at the STS-93 Mission Countdown Web Site:
  • Name the primary objectives of the mission.

More About Women At Work:

• Review the "Women in Aviation" timeline in the Female Frontier Women's Work Activity:
  • Who was the first women to break the sound barrier?

• Select three biographies from the Women of NASA project:
  • What do you think you would like the most about doing their job?

• Select three women from the Space Team Online project:
  • What do you think is the most interesting aspect of their life?

STS-93 Fun Facts:

• Review the "Continuity in Change" chart in the Female Frontier Women's Work Activity:
  • Who invented the disposable diaper and when?

  • What on this chart surprised you the most?

• Read Commander Collin's biography:
  • Where did she get married?

  • What did she have to say about your dreams for the future?

• Chandra was named after a contest to select an appropriate name:
  • Who is the "man behind the name?"

  • Of the runners-up, why was Marie Currie named?