Kathryn "Kay" Hire, born August 29, 1959 in Mobile, Alabama, has been in space twice. After getting her Bachelor of Science at the US Naval Academy, she got her Master of Science degree in Space Technology just up the road here at the Florida Institute of Technology in Melbourne, Florida! She was the first employee of the Kennedy Space Center to be chosen as an astronaut candidate.
Her first mission was aboard Columbia (STS-90) as mission specialist in April-May 1998. It was the final flight of the European Space Agency's Spacelab module.
Her second and last flight was aboard Endeavour (STS-130) as mission specialist to the International Space Station in February 2010. The primary payloads were the Tranquility module and the Cupola, a robotic controls station with six windows, providing a 360° view around the ISS.
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