I hadn’t realized that Barbara Morgan, backup Teacher in Space for Christa McAuliffe, has remained active in the astronaut program for all these years. After continuing with her Teacher in Space duties, she entered NASA’s Educator Astronaut program in 1998 and is scheduled for a shuttle mission in June. Meanwhile, Eileen Collins, the first woman pilot in the space shuttle program, retired last May, and lamented the lack of women following the shuttle pilot path. Pam Melroy is the remaining women pilot in the program. None have been selected since 1995. Collins claims it’s a flexible career which allowed her to have two children and fly four missions “without too much heartache.”