National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Kathryn "Kay" Hire

United States of America

Kathryn "Kay" Hire
Retired

Biography

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Kathryn Patricia "Kay" Hire is a NASA astronaut and Captain in the U.S. Navy Reserve who has flown aboard two Space Shuttle missions. Hire began work at the Kennedy Space Center in May 1989,first as an Orbiter Processing Facility 3 Activation Engineer selected by NASA in December 1994.

Type

Government

Age

66

Date of Birth

September 26, 1959

First Flight

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Last Flight

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Flights

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Landings

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Spacewalks

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