The astronaut and politician: It's a match made in heaven

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Shootings thrust private life, and love story, of Kelly and Giffords into public
By Clara Moskowitz
Space.com
updated 2/11/2011 4:53:54 PM ET
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41537951/ns/technology_and_science-space/


The decision by veteran astronaut Mark Kelly to rejoin his crew for NASA's final flight of the shuttle Endeavour as his congresswoman wife recovers from a gunshot wound has cast an unprecedented public glimpse into the love story between a spaceman and a politician.

Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., was shot in the head Jan. 8 when a gunman opened fire while she was speaking at a constituent meeting outside a Tucson grocery store. The attack killed six and injured 13.

This Valentine's Day will find Giffords undergoing rehab in Houston. She has been recovering so quickly that her husband recently decided to resume training for his planned launch aboard the space shuttle April 19.

The couple met in 2003 at a young leaders conference in China.


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