Kathryn "Kay" Hire
American - (NASA)
Retired
Date of Birth: Sept. 26, 1959
Age: 65
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.
Spaceflight Record
No spaceflights found for Kathryn "Kay" Hire.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government responsible for the civilian space program, as well as aeronautics and aerospace research. NASA have many launch facilities but most are inactive. The most commonly used pad will be LC-39B at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Falcon 9
NROL-145
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USATenth batch of satellites for a reconnaissance satellite constellation built by SpaceX and Northrop Grumman for the National Reconnaissance Office to…
Long March 6A
Shiyan 27 01-06
Launch Complex 9A - Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of ChinaA group of 6 Chinese satellites reported to be for "space environment probing and other related technological testing". Actual usage not known.
Minotaur IV
NROL-174
Space Launch Complex 8 - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USAClassified payload for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office.
New Shepard
NS-31
West Texas Suborbital Launch Site/ Corn Ranch - Corn Ranch, Van Horn, TX, USANS-31 is the 11th crewed flight for the New Shepard program and the 31st in its history.
Falcon 9
Starlink Group 6-73
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USAA batch of 27 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
