Tesla to get rid of Elon

[XstreamVking]

Kelly is a traitor and needs to be put in gitmo. On top of that he's an idiot.

[Shaun K]

Kelly is a traitor and needs to be put in gitmo. On top of that he's an idiot.

at the "John McCain" Institute w Alex Soros ..two dwarfs




McCain Institute forum in Sedona this weekend and was glad to get time to catch up with Senator @SenMarkKelly
in his home state.




Mark Kelly Says He's a Criminal Justice Moderate. His Campaign Took $350K From a Soros-Backed Defund Group.

[CUDA]

Kelly is a traitor and needs to be put in gitmo. On top of that he's an idiot.

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, 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. 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. 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.

On February 12, 2019, Kelly announced his candidacy for Arizona's Class 3 U.S. Senate seat in the 2020 special election.[a] He won the Democratic primary on August 4, 2020, and defeated incumbent Republican Martha McSally in the general election on November 3, becoming the first Democrat to win this seat since 1962. Kelly was sworn in on December 2. In 2022, he was elected to a full term in office, defeating Republican challenger Blake Masters. Independent Kyrsten Sinema's departure from the Senate in 2025 made Kelly Arizona's senior senator.[3] He was reportedly one of the three leading contenders for the Democratic vice presidential nomination in the 2024 U.S. presidential election, along with Pennsylvania governor Josh Shapiro and Minnesota governor Tim Walz.[4] Presidential nominee Kamala Harris ultimately chose Walz.[5]

Early life and education
Mark Kelly[6] and his identical twin brother, Scott Kelly, are sons of Richard and Patricia (née McAvoy) Kelly, two retired police officers.[7][8] Kelly is of Irish descent.[9] He was born on February 21, 1964, in Orange, New Jersey, and raised in West Orange, New Jersey. Kelly graduated from Mountain High School in 1982. In 1986, he took highest honors in a marine engineering and nautical science BSc from the United States Merchant Marine Academy. In 1994, he received a MSc in aeronautical engineering from the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School.[10]

Naval career (1987–2011)
In December 1987, Kelly became a naval aviator and received initial training on the A-6E Intruder attack aircraft. He was then assigned to Attack Squadron 115 (VA-115) at NAF Atsugi in Kanagawa, Japan. He was deployed twice with VA-115 to the Persian Gulf aboard the aircraft carrier USS Midway, which was homeported at Naval Station Yokosuka in Yokosuka, Japan. During Operation Desert Storm, Kelly flew 39 combat missions. After the Gulf War, Kelly received his master's degree and then attended U.S. Naval Test Pilot School from 1993 to 1994. As a naval aviator and test pilot, he has logged over 5,000 hours in more than 50 different aircraft and trapped over 375 carrier landings.[10]

During his Navy career, Kelly received two Defense Superior Service Medals; one Legion of Merit; two Distinguished Flying Crosses; four Air Medals (two individual/two strike flight) with Combat "V"; two Navy Commendation Medals, (one with combat "V"); one Navy Achievement Medal; two Southwest Asia Service Medals; one Navy Expeditionary Medal; two Sea Service Deployment Ribbons; a NASA Distinguished Service Medal; and an Overseas Service Ribbon.[10][11]

On June 21, 2011, Kelly announced his retirement from both the Navy and NASA, effective October 1, citing Gabby Giffords's needs during her recovery from the attempt on her life that January.[2]

NASA career (1996–2011)

Kelly's official NASA portrait, 2005
NASA selected both Kelly and his identical twin, Scott Kelly, to be Space Shuttle pilots in 1996. They joined the NASA Astronaut Corps in August of that year.[10] They are the only siblings to have both traveled into orbit.[12][13]

Spaceflight experience
STS-108
Main article: STS-108
Photo of STS-108 commander Dominic L. Pudwill Gorie and pilot Mark Kelly
STS-108 Commander Dominic L. Pudwill Gorie and Pilot Mark Kelly, in their stations during rendezvous operations with the International Space Station, 2001
Kelly's first trip into space was as pilot of STS-108. After several delays, Endeavour lifted off on December 5, 2001, on the final Shuttle mission of 2001.[14]

STS-108 Endeavour visited the ISS, delivering over three tons of equipment, supplies, and a fresh crew to the orbiting outpost.[10] The hatches were opened between Endeavour and the ISS Destiny Laboratory on December 7, enabling the 10 crew members to greet one another. The Expedition 3 crew officially ended their 117-day residency on board the ISS on December 8 as their custom Soyuz seat-liners were transferred to Endeavour for the return trip home. The transfer of the Expedition 4 seat-liners to the Soyuz return vehicle attached to the station marked the official exchange of crews.[14]

Kelly and Mission Specialist Linda Godwin used the shuttle's robotic arm to lift the Raffaello Multi-Purpose Logistics Module from the shuttle payload bay and attach it to a berth on the station's Unity node. The crews began unloading supplies the same day. Mission managers extended Endeavour's flight duration to 12 days to allow the crew to assist with additional maintenance tasks on the station, including work on a treadmill and replacing a failed compressor in one of the air conditioners in the Zvezda Service Module. A change of command ceremony took place on December 13 as Expedition 3 ended and Expedition 4 began. STS-108 returned to Earth with the previous ISS crew of three men.[14]

Kelly traveled over 4.8 million miles and orbited the Earth 186 times over 11 days and 19+ hours.[14]

STS-121
Main article: STS-121
Photo STS-121 crew.
Kelly (center) surrounded by Piers J. Sellers (right), Michael E. Fossum (left), cosmonaut Pavel V. Vinogradov[15] (center left) and Stephanie D. Wilson (center right), 2006
In July 2006, Kelly piloted STS-121 Discovery, the second "Return to Flight" mission after the loss of Columbia in February 2003. Because of weather delays, STS-121 became the first shuttle mission to launch on the Fourth of July.[16] In 2006, Kelly discussed the risks aboard the Space Shuttle:

The Space Shuttle's a very complex machine. It's got a lot of moving parts that move and operate at pretty much the limit of what we've been able to engineer. Spaceflight is risky. I think with regards to the tank, we've reduced some of the risk there. We've changed the design a little bit and we've made some pretty big strides in trying to get foam not to shed from the tank anymore. So there is some risk reduction there and I guess overall the risk is probably a little less. But this is a risky business, but it's got a big reward. Everybody on board Discovery and the space station here thinks it's worthwhile.[17]

The mission's main purposes were to test new safety and repair techniques introduced after the Columbia disaster and to deliver supplies, equipment, and European Space Agency astronaut Thomas Reiter from Germany to the ISS. Reiter's transfer returned the ISS to a three-member staffing level.[18]

During the STS-121 mission to the ISS, the crew of Discovery continued to test new equipment and procedures for the inspection and repair of the thermal protection system that is designed to increase the shuttles' safety. It also delivered more supplies and cargo for future ISS expansion.

After the Columbia accident, NASA decided that two test flights would be required and that activities originally assigned to STS-114 would be divided into two missions because of the addition of post-Columbia safety tests.[18]

Gabby Giffords, Kelly's girlfriend at the time, picked one of the mission's wake-up songs, U2's "Beautiful Day".[19] During the U2 360° Tour, Kelly often appeared on screen from the International Space Station during the song's introduction, greeting the city the band was playing in and asking the crowd to "tell my wife I love her very much, she knows"[20]—a reference to David Bowie's "Space Oddity"; the tour's staging was often called the "space station".[21]

Kelly traveled over 5.28 million miles and orbited the Earth 202 times over 12 days and 18+ hours.[10]

STS-124
Main article: STS-124
Photo STS-124 in front of NASA Astrovan before liftoff at Kennedy Space Center
Commander Kelly with his crew at the Kennedy Space Center just before boarding Discovery on May 31, 2008
STS-124 Discovery was Kelly's first mission as commander. A month before liftoff, he discussed what being a shuttle commander entailed and how it was different from his previous missions:

My first two flights I was the pilot. Being the commander is different in that you're responsible for the overall mission. ... You have to worry about the whole thing, the training drill your other crew members are getting, mission success, and mission safety. So it is a more comprehensive job and requires more time. I'm really a little bit surprised at how much more there is to it. But I think it's more rewarding as well.[22]

The mission was the second of three shuttle missions to carry components of Japan's Kibo laboratory to the ISS. Kibo is Japanese for "hope". The laboratory is Japan's primary contribution to the ISS.[23]

Just before liftoff, Kelly said, "While we've all prepared for this event today, the discoveries from Kibo will definitely offer hope for tomorrow. Now stand by for the greatest show on Earth."[24]

During the launch, Launch Pad 39A sustained substantial damage, more than had been seen on any previous launch. After liftoff, inspectors discovered that bricks and mortar from the launch pad's base had been thrown as far as the perimeter fence, a distance of 1,500 feet (457 m).[25]

Kelly and his crew delivered the pressurized module for Kibo to the ISS. The module is the Kibo laboratory's largest component and the station's largest habitable module.[23] Discovery also delivered Kibo's Remote Manipulator System.[23] It also delivered a replacement part for the station's toilet. The ISS's toilet had been malfunctioning for a week, creating a potentially serious problem for the crew.[26] When Kelly first entered the station, he joked, "You looking for a plumber?"[26]

This mission was the first time a spouse of a member of Congress traveled to space.[27] Kelly traveled over 5.7 million miles, and orbited the Earth 218 times over 13 days and 18 hours.[10] As of 2009, Kelly had logged over 54 days in space overall.[10]

STS-134
Main article: STS-134
Mission poster, based on a Star Trek promotional poster
Mission poster, based on a Star Trek promotional poster[28]
STS-134 launched on May 16, 2011.

On April 29, 2011, the first launch attempt of STS-134 was scrubbed. Giffords traveled to Florida on her first trip since moving from Tucson to Houston in January after an attempted assassination. Her appearance at Kennedy Space Center gave the launch a high profile, "one of the most anticipated in years," according to The New York Times. President Barack Obama visited the Kennedy Space Center on April 29 on a trip with the original intention of watching the Endeavour launch.[29]

Kelly was the commander of the mission, which was Endeavour's last.[30] He and his crew delivered the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer to the ISS.[31]

Most of the mission's delays were caused by external tank issues on STS-133 Discovery.[32] When Scott Kelly went to the ISS on October 7, 2010, STS-134 was scheduled to go to the station during his mission. The potential rendezvous in space of the Kelly brothers would have been a first meeting of blood relatives in space.[33] The delay of STS-134's launch ended that possibility.

After his wife's shooting, Kelly's status was unclear, but NASA announced on February 4, 2011, that he would remain commander of the mission. The remarkable progress his wife was making in her recovery helped Kelly decide to return to training.[34] Peggy Whitson, chief of the NASA Astronaut Office at the time, said, "we are confident in his ability to successfully lead this mission, and I know I speak for all of NASA in saying 'welcome back.'"[35]

Papal blessing
At 4 pm PDT on May 22, 2011, the European Space Agency and Italian Space Agency arranged for a call to Endeavour by Pope Benedict XVI. During his call—prompted by the discovery of a

[XstreamVking]

Another crooked dem on the take. Net worth is north of 20 mil. How do you get that rich as a astro nut , navy pilot and a senator?

[CUDA]

Another crooked dem on the take. Net worth is north of 20 mil. How do you get that rich as a astro nut , navy pilot and a senator?

He wrote several books,

I know you hate reading, maybe you can have someone read them to you...


https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B006FI4QS8

[XstreamVking]

I know you like the copy/paste so keep in your lane. What you write yourself is nonsense. I see you have a fan boi now that follows everything you say. You two belong together...Must be luv... Rump luv...

[David - WI]

A bunch of books that people can read for free on a Kindle... hard to get rich that way! LOL

[CUDA]

https://youtu.be/uMdr1vzVvu4?si=-d__uhpjThjQG1-y

[CUDA]

https://youtu.be/KEkdVrgVTdI?si=BfT4GBXE8s-iAQ2Q

[Shaun K]

has done x1000 more for space travel than the midget Soros hire

[JPEROG]

Elon continues to proves that he has the ability to run circles around NASA. Our private sector will always prevail unless they are choked out by government interference. I am still trying to wrap my head around the fact that Biden didn't have him rescue our trapped citizens earlier. Evil is the only thing that comes to my mind. Elon is again proving with his actions that he is a true Patriot, incredible businessman, space travel genius, and above all, a compassionate citizen.

Joe

[David - WI]

You gotta wonder why we should even be funding NASA space flights... cut their budget by 90% and let them send their experiments and satellites up on commercial flights. I hope DOGE gets a crack at that money pit!

[JPEROG]

You gotta wonder why we should even be funding NASA space flights... cut their budget by 90% and let them send their experiments and satellites up on commercial flights. I hope DOGE gets a crack at that money pit!

Dam David, you really want see the left go ballistic and run clean off the rails LOL...Can you imagine if he did that and directed those funds to Bezos and himself (it would be like a replay of the Rodney King riots). As funny as it sounds, you can bet your bottom dollar that it would be way more efficient and effective.

Joe

[David - WI]

NASA: $24,000,000,000 / year... "You got some 'splaining to do Lucy!"

[David - WI]

49 of 2,900 showing up for work?

https://www.foxnews.com/video/6370169394112