“Space Shuttle Discovery” Scott Kelly Signed FDC Dated 1998 For Sale

Up for sale “Space Shuttle Discovery” Scott Kelly Hand Signed First Day Cover Dated 1998.

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Scott Joseph Kelly (born

February 21, 1964) is an American engineer, retired astronaut, and naval aviator. A

veteran of four space flights, Kelly commanded the International Space Station (ISS)

on Expeditions 26, 45, and 46. Kelly's first spaceflight was as pilot of Space Shuttle Discovery during STS-103 in December 1999. This was the third servicing

mission to the Hubble Space Telescope,

and lasted for just under eight days. Kelly's second spaceflight was as mission

commander of STS-118, a 12-day Space Shuttle mission to

the ISS in August 2007. Kelly's third spaceflight was as a crewmember

on Expedition 25/26 on the ISS. He arrived at

the ISS aboard Soyuz TMA-01M on October 9, 2010, and

served as a flight engineer until he took over command of the station on

November 25, 2010, at the start of Expedition 26. Expedition 26 ended on March 16, 2011, with the

departure of Soyuz TMA-01M. In November 2012, Kelly and

Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko were

selected for a year-long mission to

the ISS. Their year in space began with the launch

of Soyuz TMA-16M on March 27, 2015, and

they remained on the station for Expeditions 43, 44, 45, and 46. The mission ended on March

1, 2016, with the departure of Soyuz TMA-18M from the station. Kelly retired from NASA

on April 1, 2016. His identical twin brother, Mark Kelly, is also a retired astronaut, and the junior U.S. senator from Arizona. Scott Kelly was born, along with his identical twin

brother Mark, on February 21, 1964, in Orange, New Jersey, to

Patricia (McAvoy) and Richard Kelly. Kelly's family lived in West Orange, where his

parents worked as police officers. Kelly and his brother graduated from West

Orange Mountain High School (New Jersey) in 1982. While in high school, Kelly

worked as an emergency medical technician in

Orange and Jersey City, New Jersey. After

graduating from high school, Kelly enrolled at the University of

Maryland, Baltimore County. During his freshman year, Kelly

read The Right Stuff by Tom Wolfe, and was inspired to pursue a career in naval aviation. After his freshman year, Kelly transferred

to State University

of New York Maritime College, where he received a Naval Reserve

Officers Training Corps (Navy ROTC) scholarship. During the

summer after his freshman year, Kelly sailed aboard SUNY Maritime's training

ship, Empire State V, and stopped in Mallorca, Hamburg, and London. After his sophomore year, Kelly sailed again on Empire

State V. He served as the student battalion

commander for his school's Navy ROTC detachment, and graduated with a Bachelor

of Engineering degree in electrical engineering in

1987. Kelly later earned a Master of Science degree in aviations systems

from the University of Tennessee.