Mark Kelly

Mark Kelly

Mark Edward Kelly is an American politician and a retired astronaut and naval officer. He is the senior United States senator from Arizona, a seat he has held since 2020. He is a member of the Democratic Party. Kelly flew combat missions during the Gulf War as a naval aviator before being selected as a NASA Space Shuttle pilot in 1996. His identical twin brother, Scott Kelly, also became a NASA astronaut that year. Mark flew his first space mission in 2001 as pilot of STS-108, then piloted STS-121 in 2006, and commanded STS-124 in 2008 and STS-134 in 2011. In January 2011, Kelly's wife, then-Arizona Representative Gabby Giffords, was shot and nearly killed in an assassination attempt in Arizona. Kelly retired from the Navy and NASA that October. In 2013, Kelly and Giffords founded a nonprofit political action committee, Americans for Responsible Solutions, which campaigned for gun control measures like universal background checks.

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• Entity:  Infobox

• Born:  Mark Edward Kelly, February 21, 1964, Orange, New Jersey, U.s.
• Age:  62 Years
• Political party:  Democratic
• Children:  2
• Relatives:  Scott Kelly (Identical Twin Brother)
• Education:  United States Merchant Marine Academy (Bs), Naval Postgraduate School (Ms)
• Preceded by:  Martha Mcsally
• Born:  21 February 1964
• Wikidata description:  American Politician, Astronaut, And Naval Officer (Born 1964)
• Wikidata label:  Mark Kelly
• Wikidata aliases:  Mark Kelly, Mark E. Kelly, Mark Edward Kelly

• Related Topics:  American Astronaut-Politicians, Spouses Of Arizona Politicians, United States Merchant Marine Academy Alumni, 21St-Century American Naval Officers, Writers From Tucson, Arizona, United States Navy Astronauts, Recipients Of The Nasa Exceptional Service Medal, United States Naval Test Pilot School Alumni, Recipients Of The Nasa Distinguished Service Medal, United States Astronaut Hall Of Fame Inductees, 20Th-Century American Naval Officers, Naval Postgraduate School Alumni, American Test Pilots, Arizona Democrats