Eileen Collins, the first woman to pilot and command a spacecraft, is back in the spotlight as her documentary "Spacewoman" lands in San Antonio, a city tied to her story.

Why it matters: Collins helped open the door for women in spaceflight.

Driving the news: The film, originally released in 2024, is making limited theatrical stops across Texas, including San Antonio.

• Screenings continue at Santikos Embassy through Wednesday.

Flashback: Collins became NASA's first woman pilot in 1995 and first to command a shuttle in 1999.

• She rose through the ranks at a time when women had only recently been allowed into the military flight pipeline.

Zoom in: San Antonio isn't just a tour stop, it's home base.

• "My first assignment in the Air Force was in 1978 out at Lackland Air Force Base, and so I just love the town," she tells Axios.
• Her husband, Pat Youngs, grew up in San Antonio near what is now the Alamodome.

Collins encourages girls in STEM to stick with challenging subjects, especially math, and not mistake a slower pace for inability.

• "A lot of young women, they feel like, 'Oh, I can't do math because the boys are learning faster than me.' Girls can do math. If you're falling behind, it's OK to repeat a course. It's OK to get extra help," she says.

Zoom out: The documentary aims to humanize a résumé filled with historic firsts, director Hannah Berryman tells Axios.

• Collins' memoir, "Through the Glass Ceiling to the Stars," focused on the technical side of spaceflight.
• The film adds emotional depth by exploring her childhood, family and the people who shaped her path.

What they're saying: "I didn't want to just explore the woman who is the pilot and commander and make some kind of just achievement video. It needed to be a real [film] about what was that like at a time when women were often the person at home," Berryman says.

Texas ranks 41st in the country for girls' physical, academic and emotional well-being, per a new report from the Girl Scouts.

Why it matters: The findings point to a gender gap between boys and girls that only widens in adulthood, the organization says.

Stunning stats: Nationally, the number of girls who report feeling persistently sad or hopeless is nearly double that of boys, the report says.

• The report found that only 8% of girls in Texas get at least 60 minutes of physical activity per day, putting the state in last place for physical activity compared with other states.
• Meanwhile, 76% of girls report watching TV or playing video games for over three hours a day.

Between the lines: Long screen time, societal pressure to be perfect, relatively low funding for programs that cater to girls and a shortage of safe spaces outside school just for girls could account for the findings, according to speakers at an event last week unveiling the report.

A major overhaul of one of Big Bend National Park's most popular visitor hubs has been scrapped weeks before construction was scheduled to start.

Why it matters: Big Bend is one of Texas' top natural attractions, and the project cancellation leaves the park's busiest hiking destination open for the foreseeable future.

The big picture: The National Park Service had planned a multimillion-dollar project to rebuild the Chisos Mountains Lodge and other Chisos Basin facilities.

• Construction was slated to begin on May 1 and would have closed the area for roughly two years.

What they're saying: "Since the project's approval and budget allocation in 2019, unforeseen challenges, including design complexities and implementation delays, have significantly extended the timeline," per an NPS announcement.

• "Additionally, construction costs have risen sharply since 2019, resulting in a substantial budget shortfall."

What's next: Big Bend National Park, including the Chisos Basin, remains fully open to visitors.

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Speaking of space exploration, NASA's Artemis II is out capturing "Spaceship Earth" in all its blue-and-white glory.

• This photo, taken by mission commander Reid Wiseman, shows two auroras (top right and bottom left), plus "zodiacal light" in the bottom right. That's sunlight scattered by interplanetary dust.

Driving the news: Artemis II is now Moonbound, with a six-hour lunar orbit planned for today.

• Newly added to the plan: A solar eclipse, with the Sun hidden behind the Moon from the crew's perspective.
• NASA calls it an "opportunity for them to look for flashes of light from meteoroids striking the Moon's surface, dust lofting above the edge of the Moon, and deep space targets, including planets."

Go deeper: NASA is providing mission updates here and a live tracker here.