Mark Kelly

Biography

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. Kelly was first elected to the Senate in a 2020 special election triggered by the death of Senator John McCain. He defeated incumbent Republican Martha …

Movies & TV Shows

1. The Daily Show (1996) — Self - Guest
2. The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015) — Self - Guest
3. Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003) — Self - Guest
4. The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2003) — Self
5. The View (1997) — Self - Guest
6. The Rachel Maddow Show (2008) — Self
7. Good Morning America (1975) — Self
8. Meet the Press (1947) — Self - Senator
9. A Year in Space (2016) — Self
10. The Mystery of Dark Matter (2012) — Self
11. Gabby Giffords Won't Back Down (2022) — Self
12. Phoenix Mars Mission: Ashes to Ice (2007) — Narrator
13. Marillion: Distant Lights (2022)
14. Beyond A Year in Space (2017) — Self
15. Velshi (2017) — Self
16. Overheard with Evan Smith (2010) — Self