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Mark Kelly questions witnesses on water affordability. Recorded May 31, 2023. Mark Edward Kelly (born February 21, 1964) is an American politician, retired astronaut, and United States Navy captain. A member of the Democratic Party, he has been the junior U.S. senator from Arizona since 2020. In 2022, he won reelection to a full term.
For other people named John Glenn, see John Glenn (disambiguation). John Herschel Glenn Jr. (July 18, 1921 – December 8, 2016) was an American Marine Corps aviator, astronaut, businessman, and politician. He was the third American in space and the first American to orbit the Earth, circling it three times in 1962. [ 3 ]
Astronaut-politician. John Glenn, shown here before his trip for mission STS-95 in 1998, was a NASA astronaut who later became a US Senator. The first American to orbit the Earth, he was elected to the Senate in 1974 and served until 1999. An astronaut-politician is a person who has entered politics after traveling to space as an astronaut.
PHOTO: Sen. Mark Kelly rides the senate subway to the Hart Senate Office Building from the U.S. Capitol, on July 23, 2024, in Washington, D.C. (Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)
The astronaut-turned-senator is reportedly on the shortlist of running mate finalists, along with a few others like Minnesota’s Tim Walz and Pennsylvania’s Josh Shapiro. Kelly hails from an ...
Bill Nelson. Clarence William Nelson II (born September 29, 1942) is an American politician and attorney serving as the administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Nelson served as a United States senator from Florida from 2001 to 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, he served in the Florida House of ...
Former U.S. astronaut and Senator John Glenn died on Thursday at age 95 at the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center in Columbus.
Petrology and Structure of the Eiksundsdal Eclogite Complex, Hareidland, Sunnmøre, Norway (1964) Harrison Hagan " Jack " Schmitt (born July 3, 1935) is an American geologist, former NASA astronaut, university professor, former U.S. senator from New Mexico, and the most recent living person—and only person without a background in military ...