NASA makes us proud to be Americans. And even more so, the agency is an engine of discovery and innovation that benefits all ...

Mark and Scott Kelly, twin brothers and former NASA astronauts, spoke to "CBS Mornings" about how the agency is set to lose ...

Kelly laments the death of astronaut Jim Lovell and a U.S. disinvestment from science while sidestepping White House talk.

America is becoming a nation of homebodies' Diana Lind at The Washington Post. Americans are "voluntarily spending an extra ...

NASA is testing the effects of long duration in space travel on the human body for a future mission to Mars, and Kelly came with a huge bonus - an identical twin, astronaut Mark Kelly, who could ...

Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., was considered a potential vice presidential pick by Kamala Harris. The former NASA astronaut is married to Gabby Giffords, the former congresswoman who was shot in 2011.

Mark Kelly can look to a notable precedent in astronaut-politicians: John Glenn. Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth in 1962. He won an Ohio Senate seat in 1974 and served until 1999.

Scott’s identical twin brother and retired astronaut Mark Kelly will undergo a series of medical examinations and genetic testing on U.S. soil while his brother is up in space, all part of a ...

June 21, 2011 -- Mark Kelly, the astronaut husband of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, announced today he is retiring from NASA to spend time with his wife and write a memoir with her.

Kelly defeated Republican Sen. Martha McSally in a special election by more than 78,000 votes. A retired Navy captain and NASA astronaut, Kelly was widely viewed as one of the Democratic Party’s ...

Former NASA astronaut Mark Kelly’s “next mission” is to be a US senator for Arizona. “I care about people. I care about the state of Arizona. I care about this nation.