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Documentary director redefines astronaut Eileen Collins as the 'Spacewoman' (interview)

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" Spacewoman " tells the story of Eileen Collins , the first female astronaut to command a space shuttle mission.

The documentary is based in part on Collins ' autobiography, " Through the Glass Ceiling to the Stars ," as published in 2021 .

Director Hannah Berryman says it was the producers who came up with the title.

Tickets are available to watch the film online from Sunday ( Nov. 17 ) through December 1 .

"Spacewoman" interviews astronauts Michael Foale , Cady Coleman and Charlie Camarda .

Eileen Collins : "I tell people fear is normal, it's human and everybody has it" Collins' son and daughter, as well as her husband, are also interviewed.

Pearlman is a contributing writer for Space.com and co-author of " Space Stations: The Art, Science , and Reality of Working in Space" Pearlman was inducted into the U.S. Space Camp Hall of Fame in 2009 .

In 2021 , he was honored by the American Astronautical Society with the Ordway Award .