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Gabby Giffords
American politician and gun control activist (born 1970)
For the U.S. Navy vessel, see USS Gabrielle Giffords.
Gabby Giffords | |
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Giffords in 2022 | |
| In office January 3, 2007 – January 25, 2012 | |
| Preceded by | Jim Kolbe |
| Succeeded by | Ron Barber |
| In office January 8, 2003 – December 1, 2005 | |
| Preceded by | Randall Gnant |
| Succeeded by | Paula Aboud |
| In office January 1, 2001 – January 8, 2003 | |
| Preceded by | Andy Nichols |
| Succeeded by | Steve Gallardo |
| Born | Gabrielle Dee Giffords (1970-06-08) June 8, 1970 (age 54) Tucson, Arizona, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic (since 2000) |
| Other political affiliations | Republican (1988–2000) |
| Spouse | Mark Kelly (m. 2007) |
| Relatives | Gwyneth Paltrow, Jake Paltrow (second cousins) |
| Education | Scripps College (BA) Cornell University (MRP) |
| Awards | Presidential Medal of Freedom (2022) |
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Gabrielle Dee Giffords (born June 8, 1970) is an American retired politician and gun control activist. She served as a member of the United States House of Representatives representing Arizona's 8th congressional district from January 2007 until January 2012, when she resigned because of a severe brain inju
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NASA's One-Year Mission with Mark and Scott Kelly
When Scott Kelly calls home from the International Space Station (ISS) sometime next year, whoever answers the phone may simply hang up on him. The calls will be welcome, but the link can be lousy, with long, hissing silences breaking up the conversation. That’s what happens when you’re placing your call from at least 229 mi. (369 km) above the Earth while zipping along at 17,500 m.p.h. (28,164 kph) and your signal has to get bounced from satellites to ground antennas to relay stations like an around-the-horn triple play. “When someone answers, I have to say, ‘It’s the space station! Don’t hang up!’” says Kelly.
That’s not likely to be necessary when he calls his brother Mark. Perhaps best known as the husband of former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, who was grievously wounded in an assassination attempt in 2011, Mark is a former astronaut who has been to space four times. He knows the crackle of an extraterrestrial signal in his ear, just as he knows the singular feeling of weightlessness, the singular sweep of Earth outside the window—and the power of 229 miles of altitude to make a person feel alone. Drive that in the flat and it’s nothing more than Syracuse to Boston. Fly it straight up and it’s
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Private Life, Catholic Spotlight: Traveller and Congresswoman’s Love Story
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