Kelly: Giffords cleared to attend shuttle launch
HOUSTON (AP) — NASA astronaut Mark Kelly says doctors have given his wife, Arizona congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, approval to travel to Cape Canaveral this week to watch him fly into space Friday on the next-to-last shuttle mission.
Giffords was shot in the head in a mass shooting outside a Tucson, Ariz., supermarket more than three months ago. This would be her first trip since she was flown from Arizona to a Houston rehabilitation hospital where she has been in therapy.
Kelly said during an interview with CBS’ Katie Couric that his wife will witness the launch of Endeavour, which is scheduled for 3:47 p.m. Friday. Kelly is the commander of the mission.