NAME: Scott J.
Kelly (Commander, U.S. Navy)
NASA
Astronaut
PERSONAL
DATA: Born February
21, 1964 in Orange, New Jersey. Married to the former Leslie S. Yandell of
Atlanta, Georgia. They have two children. His parents, Richard and Patricia
Kelly, reside in Flagler Beach, Florida.
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: Associate Fellow, Society of
Experimental Test Pilots and Member, 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, Kuwait Liberation
Medal, Sea Service Deployment Ribbon, NASA Space Flight Medal, NASA Exceptional
Service Medal, Korolev Diploma from the Federation Aeronautique Internationale,
1999.
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-14 Tomcat and F/A-18 Hornet. 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 3,700 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.
Following
completion of training, he was assigned technical duties in the Astronaut Office Spacecraft
Systems/Operations Branch. He served as space shuttle 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 crewmember for ISS
Expedition 5 and more recently, as the Astronaut Office Space Station
Branch Chief. Scott Kelly is currently assigned and training as the commander
of STS-118,
an assembly mission to the International Space
Station scheduled to launch on August 7, 2007.
SPACE
FLIGHT EXPERIENCE:
STS-103 (December 19-27, 1999) was an eight-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. The
STS-103 mission was accomplished in 120 Earth orbits, traveling 3.2 million
miles in 191 hours and 11 minutes.
Last
Updated: July 2007
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