Astronaut Susan Kilrain

Commander Susan Kilrain is an astronaut, a Navy test pilot, an aerospace engineer, and a world traveler. She was one of the first women selected to fly the F-14 Tomcat and is the youngest person, and one of only three women, to have ever piloted a space shuttle. She served twenty years in the Navy, paving the way for women. She has flown more than 3,000 flight hours in thirty different aircraft, and she was awarded the Defense Superior Service Medal. In 1997, Kilrain flew as pilot on space shuttle Columbia missions STS-83 and STS-94.