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Mark Edward Kelly (born February 21, 1964) is an American politician, retired astronaut, and United States Navy captain serving as the senior United States senator from Arizona, since 2020. He is a member of the Democratic Party .
Giffords married U.S. Navy captain and NASA astronaut Mark Kelly on November 10, 2007. Kelly was the Space Shuttle's pilot on the STS-108 and STS-121 missions, was the commander of STS-124 and STS-134, [113] and became a U.S. Senator for Arizona in 2020. Giffords is a former member of the Arizona regional board of the Anti-Defamation League. [114]
On February 12, 2019, four-time shuttle astronaut Mark Kelly announced that he was running in the 2020 Senate special election in Arizona to fill the seat left open by the death of John McCain in 2018. [24] In the Democratic primary, he faced only nominal opposition, winning the nomination with 99.93% of the vote.
A geologist and astronaut, he became the 12th out of 12 men to set foot on the moon, serving as lunar module pilot aboard the Apollo 17 mission in December of 1972.
Famed Apollo 8 astronaut William Anders, 90, dies in horror crash when his plane nose-dives into waters. Josh Marcus. June 7, 2024 at 9:02 PM. ... US Senator Mark Kelly of Arizona, ...
Arizona : August 25, 2018 81 Brain ... (Senator) September 29, 2023 90 ... Memorial Services for members of the U.S. Congress who died in the 1910s;
Former U.S. astronaut and Senator John Glenn died on Thursday at age 95 at the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center in Columbus.
John McCain Official portrait, 2009 United States Senator from Arizona In office January 3, 1987 – August 25, 2018 Preceded by Barry Goldwater Succeeded by Jon Kyl Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Arizona's 1st district In office January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1987 Preceded by John Jacob Rhodes Succeeded by John Jacob Rhodes III Senatorial positions Chair of the Senate Armed ...