— It was a moment that a few short months ago seemed so improbable: Rep. Gabrielle Giffords watched her husband power into space on the shuttle Endeavour. In person.
Still recovering from a devastating wound to the head, the Arizona congresswoman was at Kennedy Space Center on Monday to witness Mark Kelly and his five crewmates blast off and head to the International Space Station. She watched in private — as do all crew families.
What had already been a historic event — the second-to-last space shuttle flight and the last for Endeavour itself — had become the Gabrielle Giffords-Mark Kelly saga after the Jan. 8 shooting.
