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Ellen OchoaAstronaut
Date of Birth: 10.05.1958
Country:  USA |
Content:
- Early Life and Education
- Career before NASA
- NASA Career
- Space Missions:
- Total Spaceflight Time:
- Awards and Honors
Early Life and Education
Kathryn Hire was born on May 10, 1958, in Los Angeles, California. She graduated from Crossmont High School in 1975 and went on to pursue higher education. In 1980, she earned a Bachelor of Science in Physics from the University of San Diego. She then received her Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University in 1981 and her Doctorate in Electrical Engineering from the same institution in 1985.
Career before NASA
Prior to joining NASA, Kathryn Hire worked at Sandia National Laboratories and NASA's Ames Research Center from 1985 to 1991. She specialized in developing optical systems for communications applications.
NASA Career
Astronaut Selection:Kathryn Hire was selected to join the NASA astronaut corps in January 1990.
Space Missions:
She embarked on three space missions:- STS-56 (1993): Specialist on the Space Shuttle Discovery, 9 days 6 hours 8 minutes
- STS-66 (1994): Specialist on the Space Shuttle Atlantis, 10 days 22 hours 34 minutes
- STS-96 (1999): Specialist on the Space Shuttle Discovery, 9 days 19 hours 13 minutes 1 second
Total Spaceflight Time:
20 days 23 hours 55 minutes 1 secondPublications and Patents
Kathryn Hire has authored numerous scientific articles and holds three patents.
Awards and Honors
Kathryn Hire received the NASA Space Flight Medal for her contributions to space exploration in 1993, 1994, and 1999.
