Once again the crew aboard space shuttle Endeavour is gender inclusive. Five men and one woman have gone for the space mission to the International Space Station for its last time major up-gradation. Kay Hire is the lady crew.
THE CREW aboard space shuttle Endeavour this time once again is gender inclusive. Five men and one woman have gone for the space mission to the International Space Station for its last major upgradation.
The name of the lady crew is Kay Hire, who earlier used to work as an engineer as a part of the launch team for space shuttles, but it is her second space flight.
Here is some pertinent information about Kay Hire:
Age: 50 years
Earlier vocation: Navy Reserve captain
Place she belong to: Mobile, Ala.
Father’s vocation: Land surveyor
Career graph at Kennedy Space Center
1989: engineer
1995: astronaut 1998: Space flight crew to rocket in the orbit 2010: Space shuttle crew
This time around, Kay Hire will provide help to operate the shuttle robot arm and raise the window shutters of the new space station.
Once installed, the domed deck will offer panoramic views of earth and outer space simultaneously.