Mark Kelly
Mark Kelly
Mark Edward Kellyis a retired American astronaut, engineer and U.S. Navy Captain. He is the husband of former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, an author, a political activist, and an aerospace executive and consultant...
ProfessionAstronaut
Date of Birth21 February 1964
CityOrange, NJ
inspection wing
We're doing a lot of inspection on the leading edge of our wing on 114 and 121, the first two flights.
interest missions
There's a lot of interest there in the missions that I fly on and the ones my brother's involved with.
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There's been a lot of discussion about NASA culture and changing that. I think our culture has always been one of trying to do a very difficult job and do it well.
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This is something we've yearned for. We were kind of growing out of our skin here.
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I think we've done that. But it's not something you really notice, 'cause I've always thought the people here have always done their best, and they continue to do their best. They just might do it a little bit differently.
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Later, after flying in the Navy for four or five years, spending some time on an aircraft carrier, I applied to and was accepted in a program where I went to graduate school first and then to the Naval Test Pilots School.
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Really the value of this is huge for video editors, production companies, media based industries like mine.
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He has a strong record when it comes to supporting our troops. He believes we should continue to give our troops the resources they need to finish the job in Iraq, so we can bring them home as soon as possible.
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The ISS crew is going to help us during our EVAs and help us during some of our robotics operations. These guys will be on orbit already.
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I'll be helping them getting suited up, getting them in the airlock, getting the airlock prepared, and getting them out the hatch, and then talking them through these three spacewalks.
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After the loss of Columbia a couple of years ago, I think we were reminded of the risk. All of us, though, have always known that the Space Shuttle is a very risky vehicle, much more risky than even flying airplanes in combat.
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After we get back on the ground, somebody will ultimately decide if this system works well enough to do a repair on the underside of the vehicle.
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I personally believe this Agency has always been very dedicated and has always worked as hard as it possibly can to do things as safely and as effectively as possible.
people
He's working a lot harder than I am. I tell these people that we really appreciate what they're doing for us.