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Kathryn P. Hire

キャサリン・P・ハイヤー　/　きゃさりん・P・はいやー

American naval officer

August 26, 1959 (age 66)　・　Mobile, Alabama, United States

Alabama
naval officer
astronaut
systems engineer

My Take

What strikes me about Kathryn Hire is the sheer breadth of her competence. It is one thing to be a Navy officer, another to be a systems engineer, and another entirely to fly the Space Shuttle twice and retire as a Captain. Born in Mobile, Alabama in 1959, she belongs to that generation of women who pried open doors in fields where almost nobody looked like them. I admire that she built her path on hard technical mastery rather than spectacle. Astronauts get the headlines, but the quiet discipline that gets someone to orbit is what earns my real respect here.

Overview

Kathryn Patricia "Kay" Hire (born August 26, 1959) is a former NASA astronaut and retired Captain in the U.S. Navy Reserve who has flown aboard two Space Shuttle missions.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Kathryn P. Hire
Name (Japanese): キャサリン・P・ハイヤー
Reading: きゃさりん・P・はいやー
Born: August 26, 1959 (age 66)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Virgo / Boar
Origin: Mobile, Alabama, United States
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: naval officer / astronaut / systems engineer

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Murphy High School
University: Private

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AD%E3%83%A3%E3%82%B5%E3%83%AA%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BBP%E3%83%BB%E3%83%8F%E3%82%A4%E3%83%A4%E3%83%BC

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