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Scott Joseph Kelly (born February 21, 1964) is an American engineer, retired astronaut, and naval aviator. A veteran of four space flights, Kelly commanded the International Space Station (ISS) on Expeditions 26, 45, and 46. Kelly's first spaceflight was as pilot of Space Shuttle Discovery during STS-103 in December 1999. This was the third servicing mission to the Hubble Space Telescope, and lasted for just under eight days. Kelly's second spaceflight was as mission commander of STS-118, a 12-day Space Shuttle mission to the ISS in August 2007. Kelly's third spaceflight was as a crewmember on Expedition 25/26 on the ISS. He arrived at the ISS aboard Soyuz TMA-01M on October 9, 2010, and served as a flight engineer until he took over command of the station on November 25, 2010, at the start of Expedition 26. Expedition 26 ended on March 16, 2011, with the departure of Soyuz TMA-01M. In November 2012, Kelly and Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko were selected for a year-long mission to the ISS. Their year in space began with the launch of Soyuz TMA-16M on March 27, 2015, and they remained on the station for Expeditions 43, 44, 45, and 46. The mission ended on March 1, 2016, with the departure of Soyuz TMA-18M from the station. Kelly retired from NASA on April 1, 2016. His identical twin brother, Mark Kelly, is also a retired astronaut, and the junior U.S. senator from Arizona. Early life and education Scott Kelly was born, along with his identical twin brother Mark, on February 21, 1964, in Orange, New Jersey, to Patricia (McAvoy) and Richard Kelly. Kelly's family lived in West Orange, where his parents worked as police officers. Kelly and his brother graduated from West Orange Mountain High School (New Jersey) in 1982. While in high school, Kelly worked as an emergency medical technician in Orange and Jersey City, New Jersey.: 32–41 After graduating from high school, Kelly enrolled at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. During his first year, Kelly read The Right Stuff by Tom Wolfe, and was inspired to pursue a career in naval aviation.: 40–41 After his first year, Kelly transferred to State University of New York Maritime College, where he received a Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps (Navy ROTC) scholarship. During the summer after his first year, Kelly sailed aboard SUNY Maritime's training ship, Empire State V, and stopped in Mallorca, Hamburg, and London. After his second year, Kelly sailed again on Empire State V.: 55–66 He served as the student battalion commander for his school's Navy ROTC detachment, and graduated with a Bachelor of Engineering degree in electrical engineering in 1987.: 107–110 Kelly later earned a Master of Science degree in aviations systems from the University of Tennessee. Naval career After graduation, Kelly was commissioned as an ensign in the United States Navy. He completed his initial flight school at NAS Pensacola, where he flew the T-34 Mentor propeller driven trainer plane, after which he was selected to fly jets.: 110–120 In 1988, he moved to Beeville, Texas, for jet training Naval Air Station Chase Field, where he trained on the T-2 Buckeye and the A-4 Skyhawk. He graduated as a naval aviator in 1989, and was assigned to fly the F-14 Tomcat.: 152–157 He reported to VF-101 at Naval Air Station Oceana, Virginia, for initial F-14 training. Upon completion of this training in September 1990, he was assigned to VF-143, and deployed to the North Atlantic and Persian Gulf aboard the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower.: 157–164 In January 1993, Kelly was selected to attend the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland. His classmates included his brother, Mark, and other future astronauts Alvin Drew, Lisa Nowak, and Stephen Frick. He graduated in June 1994 and was assigned to the Strike Aircraft Test Directorate at Patuxent River. One of his initial assignments was to investigate the F-14 crash that killed Kara Hultgreen. His assessment was to create a digital flight control system that would have saved Hultgreen's life. This resulted in the acceleration of one's development, and he was the first pilot to fly the F-14 with the digital flight control system installed.: 166–170 After attaining the rank of captain in the U.S. Navy, Kelly retired from active duty on June 19, 2012, after 25 years of naval service. He flew over 8,000 hours in more than 40 aircraft and accomplished over 250 carrier landings throughout his naval career. NASA career 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 Space Center. On completion of training, he was assigned to work on the caution and warning system on board the International Space Station.: 195–196, 204–207, 211 After Kelly's first flight on STS-103, he served as NASA's director of operations in Star City, Russia.: 237–238 He served as back-up crew member to Peggy Whitson for ISS Expedition 5, and to Tracy Caldwell Dyson on Expedition 23/24.: 242–244, 290 After the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster, Kelly coordinated airplane and helicopter searches for debris.: 251–253 He also served as the Astronaut Office Space Station Branch Chief. In September 2002, Kelly served as the commander of the NEEMO 4 mission aboard the Aquarius underwater laboratory, 4 mi offshore from Key Largo. The NEEMO 4 crew spent five days saturation diving from Aquarius as a space analog for working and training under extreme environmental conditions. The mission was delayed due to Hurricane Isidore, reducing the underwater duration to five days. In April 2005, Kelly was a crew member on the three-day NEEMO 8 mission. During the NEEMO 8 mission, the crew practiced construction while conducting an extravehicular activity (EVA) using a remotely operated underwater vehicle, and training with the Exploration Planning Operations Center at the Johnson Space Center. STS-103 In March 1999, Kelly was assigned to STS-103 as a pilot aboard Discovery, under command of Curt Brown, on a mission to install new instruments and upgraded systems on the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). Discovery launched on December 19, 1999, and rendezvoused with the HST after 40 orbits. The STS-103 mission specialists conducted three EVAs to replace gyroscopes and a transmitter, and to install a new computer guidance sensor and recorder. On December 25, 1999, the crew celebrated the only Christmas holiday of the Space Shuttle in orbit with a reading by Curt Brown. After 119 orbits, Discovery landed at the Kennedy Space Center on December 27, 1999.: 214–230 STS-118 After completing his assignment as a back-up member for ISS Expedition 5 in 2002, Kelly was assigned as commander of STS-118 aboard Endeavour. After the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster, STS.... Discover the Scott Kelly popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Scott Kelly books.
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OMG Posters
Mitch PutnamTHE ULTIMATE COLLECTION OF GIG POSTERS FROM TODAY’S TOP ROCK AND INDIE BANDSLaunched in 2007, OMGPosters.com has become one of the world’s favorite art blogs, showcasing thousands ...
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A Love for Christmas
Lauren Layne & Richard BetzenbichlerFindet sie die große Liebe bis Weihnachten? Als eine Wahrsagerin Kelly Byrne kurz vor Weihnachten prophezeit, dass sie ihre wahre Liebe schon längst getroffen hat, hat sie nur ein ...
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Amazing Football Facts Every 10 Year Old Needs to Know
Caroline RowlandsPack your brain with football fun and trivia ahead of the UEFA EURO 2024 championship!Discover over 100 extraordinary facts about the beautiful game from all around the world!Find ...
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My Rocky Romance Diary
Liz RettigKelly Ann is all lovedup with her gorgeous soulmate, Chris, so there's no way she's going to let her attraction for the dark and dangerous new boy at school go any further. OK, so ...
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Chasing Catastrophe
Rick LeventhalAs seen on Fox and FriendsFrom the front lines in Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, and other conflict zones to the base of the burning Twin Towers on 9/11 to the eye of countless hurrican...
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Cary Grant
Scott EymanFilm historian and acclaimed New York Times bestselling biographer Scott Eyman has written the definitive, “captivating” (Associated Press) biography of Hollywood legend Cary Grant...
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Ready for Launch
Scott KellyUsing ten lifechanging moments from his path to space, astronaut Scott Kelly shares his advice for mastering fear and failure and turning our daily struggles into rocket fuel ...
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Diary of an Apprentice Astronaut
Samantha CristoforettiAstronaut Samantha Cristoforetti’s intimate account of her first journey to the International Space Station, to which she returns in 2022, as commander of Expedition 68aonly the fo...
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On Europe
Margaret ThatcherFirst published in her pioneering treatise Statecraft, the opinions and projections of the former Prime Minister on Europe remain potent and resoundingly prophetic.Margaret Thatche...
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Oxygen
William TrubridgeLEARN THE POWER OF THE HUMAN MIND FROM THE WORLD'S GREATEST FREEDIVER One of the most mesmerising books about the ocean you'll ever read...New Zealander William Trubridge has reach...
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Waisted
Randy Susan MeyersIn this “bighearted triumph of a novel” (Carolyn Parkhurst, New York Times bestselling author) for fans of Jennifer Weiner, seven women enrolled in an extreme weight loss documenta...
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The Girls at the Kingfisher Club
Genevieve Valentine“Dressed up in the thrill and sparkle of the Roaring Twenties, the classic fairy tale of ‘The Twelve Dancing Princesses’ has never been more engrossing or delightful. Valentine’s f...
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Through the Glass Ceiling to the Stars
Eileen M. Collins & Jonathan H. WardThe longawaited memoir of a trailblazer and role model who is telling her story for the first time. Eileen Collins was an aviation pioneer her entire career, from her cro...
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My Journey to the Stars
Scott Kelly & André CeolinNASA astronaut Scott Kelly was the first to spend an entire year in space! Discover his aweinspiring journey in this fascinating picture book memoir (the perfect companion to his a...
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Shake Some Action
Stuart CoupeFor over four decades, Stuart Coupe has been at the heart of the Australian music scene, experiencing the giddy highs, crushing lows and everything in between that comes along with...
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ABCs from Space
Adam VoilandA Smithsonian Air and Space Magazine Best Book of 2017 A 2018 NSTACBC Outstanding Science Titles“Twenty or so years from now, we may point to this book as the launchpad for the car...
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The Brown Reader
Judy Sternlight“To be up all night in the darkness of your youth but to be ready for the day to come…that was what going to Brown felt like.” Jeffrey EugenidesIn celebration of Brown University’s...
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Defying Limits
Dave WilliamsAn inspirational, uplifting, and lifeaffirming memoir about passion, resilience and living life to the fullest, from Dr. Dave Williams, one of Canada’s most accomplished astronauts...
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Amazing Football Facts Every 9 Year Old Needs to Know
Caroline RowlandsPack your brain with football fun and trivia ahead of the UEFA EURO 2024 championship!Discover over 100 extraordinary facts about the beautiful game from all around the world!Find ...
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The Night Before Christmas
Clement C. Moore & Amanda BrackSpread the Christmas cheer with this whimsical retelling of Clement C. Moore’s cherished poem, “A Visit from St. Nicholas.” This new edition of the classic features the text of Moo...
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Life Inside My Mind
Jessica Burkhart“Who better to raise teens’ awareness of mental illness and health than the YA authors they admire?” Booklist (starred review)“[A] muchneeded, enlightening book.” School Library Jo...
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The Night Before Christmas
Clement C. Moore & Bill BellSince it first appeared in 1823 as “A Visit from St. Nicholas,” The Night Before Christmas has been a classic holiday story, read and enjoyed by children and adults during the holi...
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My Name Is Nobody
Matthew Richardson'PROOF THAT THE SPY GENRE IS FLOURISHING IN THE 21ST CENTURY' Guardian'I know for certain that there is a mole somewhere within the intelligence services . . . His codename is Nobo...
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Ego
Aaron PatrickThe riveting story of an exprime minister, the travails of his successor's government, and what that bodes for the future of politicsMalcolm Turnbull's campaign against Scott Morri...
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Amazing Football Facts Every 6 Year Old Needs to Know
Caroline RowlandsPack your brain with football fun and trivia ahead of the UEFA EURO 2024 championship!Discover over 100 extraordinary facts about the beautiful game from all around the world!Find ...
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Scott, Assignee v. Kelly
United States Supreme CourtMr. G. W. Lubk e, for the plaintiff in error; Messrs. J. C. Perry and Lyman Tremain, contra. The writ of error in this case is dismissed for want of jurisdiction.
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Getting Real
Ainslie PatonFrom the bestselling author of Grease Monkey Jive comes a rollercoaster rock–and–roll ride of confronting fears, making music, and learning to be true.Rielle Mainline is a rock sta...
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Red-Blooded American Male
Robert TrachtenbergA collection of 100 inspired and surprising portraits of celebrities and everymen alike from the awardwinning photographer Robert Trachtenberg.Paul Rudd checking out...