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
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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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I think I was very interested in the space program as a kid, watching the first Apollo missions to the moon, and it's something I thought that would be a lot of, of fun and exciting and a very worthwhile job.
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We're doing a lot of inspection on the leading edge of our wing on 114 and 121, the first two flights.
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There are a lot of dedicated people out there that don't get the recognition that we get, but they're as important as the people that are sitting in the vehicle.
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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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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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Well, I have an undergraduate degree, a couple of bachelor's degrees, from the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy.
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We don't erect walls around this campus. In fact, we invite the community to be a part of our campus. These random incidents are hard to handle.
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Well, right now we're so busy that I kind of had to put all the hobbies on hold. But I like going camping with my kids. I have two daughters; they're 7 and 10 years old.
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Three of us will help the other two get suited up, get them in the hatch, and get them out the door.
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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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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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It's important to bring things back from the Space Station because, unlike somebody living at the house where the garbage truck comes by twice a week, they don't have that in space.