Mark Kelly
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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.
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- 29
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Key facts
- Preceded by
- Martha McSally
- Born
- Mark Edward Kelly , ( 1964-02-21 ) February 21, 1964 (age 62) , Orange, New Jersey , U.S.
- Party
- Democratic
- Spouses
- Amelia Babis ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1989 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 2004 ) Gabby Giffords ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2007 )
- Relatives
- Scott Kelly (identical twin brother)
- Education
- United States Merchant Marine Academy ( BS ), Naval Postgraduate School ( MS )
- Website
- Senate website , Campaign website
- Allegiance
- United States
- Branch service
- United States Navy
- Years of service
- 1986–2011
- Rank
- Captain
- Battles wars
- Gulf War
- Time in space
- 54d 2h 4m
- Selection
- NASA Group 16 (1996)
- Missions
- STS-108 , STS-121 , STS-124 , STS-134
- Retirement
- October 1, 2011
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Encyclopedic overview
Mark Edward Kelly (born February 21, 1964) 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 (the final mission of Space Shuttle Endeavour) 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 (later merged into Giffords), which campaigned for gun control measures like universal background checks.
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