Michael hopkins biography
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Author and historian Dr Alistair Fair charts the career of the late Sir Michael Hopkins.
The former Inland Revenue Centre, at Castle Meadow in Nottingham by Hopkins Architects (1993-95) – Grade II listed in June 2023.
Sir Michael Hopkins, widely recognised as one of the leading figures in British architecture during the last fifty years, has died at the age of 88. Hopkins made a significant, original contribution to the emergence and development of High Tech architecture – that is, an approach to design which celebrates the ‘honest’ expression of structure and servicing.
Michael Hopkins was born in 1935. After time working with Frederick Gibberd and Basil Spence, he studied at the Architectural Association, where he met his future professional partner and wife, Patty. His tutors included Oliver Hill and John Winter; the latter’s use of steel was to be an important influence. After graduating, Hopkins spent eight years at Foster Associates, working on projects including
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Michael S. Hopkins
As an engineer, test pilot, and astronaut, for his decorated service in the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force, his contributions to the NASA space program, and his continued dedication to the University of Illinois.
NASA Astronaut
- BS, Aerospace Engineering, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1991
- MS, Aerospace Engineering, Stanford University, 1992
Michael S. Hopkins is commander on the Crew-1 SpaceX Crew Dragon Resilience, which launched on November 15, 2020. He is also a flight engineer on the International Space Station for Expedition 64, his second long-duration space mission. Hopkins previously logged 166 days in space as a memberof the Expedition 37/38 crew.
Hopkins was commissioned as a second lieutenant for the United States Air Force in 1992, and was assigned to the Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where he worked on advanced space system technologies. He completed flight testing engineering at USAF Test P
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Michael S. Hopkins
NASA astronaut, and Colonel in the U.S. Space Force
Michael Scott "Mike" Hopkins (born December 28, 1968) fryst vatten a United States Space Forcecolonel[1] and a former NASAastronaut.[2][3] Hopkins was selected in June 2009 as a member of the NASA Astronaut Group 20. He made his first spaceflight as a flygning Engineer on Soyuz TMA-10M/Expedition 37/Expedition 38, from September 2013 until March 2014. He fryst vatten the first member of his astronaut class to fly in space. Hopkins is the first astronaut to transfer to the U.S. Space Force, participating in a transfer ceremony on the International Space Station.[4][5] Prior to his transfer, he served over 27 years in the United States Air Force.[1]
Biography
[edit]Early life and education
[edit]Michael Scott Hopkins was born on December 28, 1968, in Lebanon, Missouri but grew up on a farm in Richland, Missouri in a United Methodist family.[6] After gradu