Scott J. Kelly
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SCOTT J. KELLY (COMMANDER, USN) NASA ASTRONAUT
PERSONAL DATA: Born February 21, 1964 in Orange, New Jersey. Married to the former Leslie S. Yandell of Atlanta, Georgia. They have one child. His parents, Richard and Patricia Kelly, reside in Flagler Beach, Florida. Enjoys running and weightlifting.
EDUCATION: Graduated from Mountain High School, West Orange, New Jersey, in 1982; received a bachelor of science degree in electrical engineering from the State University of New York Maritime College in 1987, and a master of science degree in aviation systems from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, in 1996.
ORGANIZATIONS: Member, Society of Experimental Test Pilots and the Association of Space Explorers.
AWARDS: Defense Superior Service Medal, Navy Commendation Medal, Navy Achievement Medal, 2 Navy Unit Commendations, National Defense Service Medal, Southwest Asia Service Medal, Defense of Kuwait Medal, Sea Service Deployment Ribbon.
EXPERIENCE: Kelly received his commission from the State University of New York Maritime College in May 1987, and was designated a naval aviator in July 1989 at Naval Air Station (NAS) Beeville, Texas. He then reported to Fighter Squadron 101 at NAS Oceana, Virginia Beach, Virginia, for initial F-14 Tomcat training. Upon completion of this training, he was assigned to Fighter Squadron 143 and made overseas deployments to the North Atlantic, Mediterranean Sea, Red Sea and Persian Gulf aboard the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69). Kelly was selected to attend the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School in January 1993 and completed training in June 1994. After graduation, he worked as a test pilot at the Strike Aircraft Test Squadron, Naval Air Warfare Center, Aircraft Division, Patuxent River, Maryland, flying the F-14A/B/D, F/A-18A/B/C/D and KC-130F. Kelly was the first pilot to fly an F-14 with an experimental digital flight control system installed and performed subsequent high angle of attack and departure testing.
Kelly has logged over 3,000 flight hours in more than 30 different aircraft and has over 250 carrier landings.
NASA EXPERIENCE: Selected by NASA in April 1996, Kelly reported to the Johnson Space Center in August 1996. On completion of training, he was assigned technical duties in the Astronaut Office Spacecraft Systems/Operations Branch. He served as pilot on STS-103 in 1999 and has logged over 191 hours in space. Following STS-103, Kelly served as NASA’s Director of Operations in Star City, Russia. He served as a back-up crew member for ISS Expedition-5 and, more recently, was assigned technical duties in the Astronaut Office Extravehicular (EVA) Branch. Scott Kelly is assigned to command the crew of STS-118, an assembly mission to the International Space Station. The mission will launch in 2004.
SPACE FLIGHT EXPERIENCE: STS-103 (December 19-27, 1999), was an 8-day mission during which the crew successfully installed new instruments and upgraded systems on the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). Enhancing HST scientific capabilities required three space walks space walks. The STS-103 mission was accomplished in 120 Earth orbits, traveling 3.2 million miles in 191 hours and 11 minutes.
SEPTEMBER 2003
Source: [1] (http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/kellysj.html)
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