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| Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and her husband, Astronaut Mark Kelly |
After reading the headlines this week blaring the sordid news of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s and Dominique Strauss-Kahn’s sexual indiscretions, one turns with relief to the example set by Astronaut Mark Kelly, commander of the space shuttle Endeavor, and his wife, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords.
The wounded Giffords was on hand at Cape Canaveral for Endeavor’s launch; the couple exchanged wedding rings before yesterday’s liftoff.
Manuel Roig-Franzia reported at the Washington Post:
Space shuttle Endeavour vaulted elegantly into the sky Monday, a spectacle of fire and power lent a grace note by the wounded congresswoman watching from below.
The appearance here of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) added a new chapter to a remarkable saga of survival and recovery, five months after she was shot in the head in an attack in Tucson that left six others dead.
Endeavour, which was originally scheduled to launch in November, blasted off 1 ½ weeks after its highly anticipated April 29 launch was scrubbed because of problems with the ship’s hydraulic system.
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