The Crew of the Space Shuttle Endeavour departs
Space Shuttle Endeavour Commander Mark Kelly (right) waves with Pilot Greg Johnston after departing with his crew and boarding the Astrovan on their way to the launchpad for Endeavour's last flight at Kennedy Space Center on May 16, 2011. Kelly is the husband of Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, who is recovering from an assassination attempt, and at the Cape to watch the possible liftoff. UPI/Pat Benic
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This is Endeavour's twenty fifth and final mission, and is set to deliver the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer and a pallet called the Express Logistics Carrier #3, which will contain spare parts to equip the outpost after the shuttle program ends later this year. Mark Kelly, husband of U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, will serve as mission commander.
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PETOSKY, Mich., Feb. 11 (UPI) -- Author Jeffrey Zaslow, who recently published a book with Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., was killed in an auto accident in Michigan, his family said.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 (UPI) -- President Obama on Friday signs the last bill former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., sponsored and voted on in the House, The White House said.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 (UPI) -- Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., officially resigned from Congress Wednesday to focus on recovering from a gunshot wound she got during a 2011 shooting spree.
TUCSON, Jan. 6 (UPI) -- Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., will attend a candlelight vigil Sunday to mark the anniversary of a shooting attack in which she was injured, her office said.
TUCSON, Jan. 5 (UPI) -- U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords plans to be at a Tucson memorial for those killed in a shooting spree that left her critically injured, a spokeswoman says.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 (UPI) -- U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, severely wounded in a shooting spree last winter, says she won't return to Congress until she gets "better."
PHOENIX, Nov. 10 (UPI) -- Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., and her husband, retired astronaut Mark Kelly, will be featured on the cover of People magazine this month.
PHOENIX, Oct. 20 (UPI) -- Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., has completed the narration for the audio edition of the memoir she wrote with her husband, astronaut Mark Kelly.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 (UPI) -- U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords took a break from rehabilitating from a gunshot wound to her head to go to Washington for a ceremony feting her astronaut husband.
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