Tirohia te wāhanga i raro nei, kātahi ka whakautu i te pātai i muri mai i te reo kotahi me te wāhanga:  Passage: I muri i tana tohu i Syracuse, ko ia tetahi o nga wahine e wha i tohua mo te Whakaakoranga Paerua Paerua i te Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma. Whai muri i tana whiwhinga i ona parirau paerata, i noho ia ki Vance mo nga tau e toru hei kaiako paerata T-38 Talon i mua i te whakawhiti ki te C-141 Starlifter i Travis Air Force Base, California. Mai i te 1986 ki te 1989, i tukuna ia ki te U.S. Air Force Academy i Colorado, i reira ia he kaiāwhina kaiako i roto i te pāngarau me te kaiako kaiako T-41. I te tau 1989, ko Collins te wahine rererangi tuarua ki te haere ki te Kura Paerata Whakamatau a te US Air Force me te tohu me te akomanga 89B. I whiriwhiria ia mo te kaupapa astronaut i te tau 1990. I marenatia a Collins ki te paerata a Pat Youngs i te tau 1987; e rua a raua tamariki.  Pātai: e hia nga tau i noho ai ia ki Vance?
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