Kathryn Patricia "Kay" Hire is a former NASA astronaut and retired Captain in the U.S. Navy Reserve who has flown aboard two Space Shuttle missions.
Kathryn P. Hire
STS-130 was a NASA Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station. Space Shuttle Endeavour's primary payloads were the Tranquility module and the Cupola, a robotic control station with six w
Kathryn P. Hire
…ASP) team for Kennedy Space Center Operations. She then journeyed to the International Space Station as a mission specialist for Space Shuttle mission STS-130. STS-90 Neurolab (April 17 – May 3, 1998). During the 16-day Spacelab flight, the seven-member crew aboard Space Shuttle Columbia served as both…
Patrick during EVA 3, preparing the Cupola for operational use following its installation on the ISS
Seated (l–r) Virts and Zamka. Standing (l–r) are Patrick, Behnken, Hire and Robinson.Space Shuttle program← STS-129STS-131 →
Node 3 at its factory in Italy. The structural steel hull is visible.
Tranquility during its move from Endeavour to the install position on the Unity node.