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Kelly flew combat missions during the Gulf War as a naval aviator before being selected as a NASA Space Shuttle pilot in 1996. He 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.
STS-134 (ISS assembly flight ULF6) [9] was the penultimate mission of NASA's Space Shuttle program and the 25th and last spaceflight of Space Shuttle Endeavour. [10] This flight delivered the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer and an ExPRESS Logistics Carrier to the International Space Station. [11] Mark Kelly served as the mission
Mark and Scott Kelly after the Year in Space mission (2016) In 1995, Kelly and his brother applied to NASA to become astronauts. He and Mark were selected to become astronaut candidates in April 1996; the first relatives to be selected in NASA history. In July 1996, Kelly moved to Houston, and began training in Astronaut Group 16 at the Johnson ...
As a NASA astronaut, he was part of four space shuttle missions between 2001 and 2011, amassing more than 54 days in space and covering more than 22 million miles.
Twins Scott Kelly and Mark Kelly are taking part in an ongoing first-of-its-kind twin study with NASA.
Enter Mark Kelly. The astronaut-turned ... The junior senator is a former astronaut who logged 54 days in space and was on the second mission flown by NASA following the destruction of the space ...
Astronaut Scott Kelly was selected as the identical twin of Mark Kelly. The mission included collecting scientific data important to future human exploration of the Solar System. Kelly and Korniyenko already had an indirect connection: Kelly was a backup crew for the station's Expedition 23/24, where Korniyenko served as a flight engineer. [13]
Sen. Mark Kelly’s (D-Ariz.) venture into space tourism and defense contracting before he became a senator could become a political target should he join Vice President Harris on the Democratic ...