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James M. Kelly (born May 14, 1964) is a NASA
Astronaut and a former Lieutenant Colonel of the
United States Air Force.

==Early Years==
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===Personal data===
Born May 14, 1964 in Burlington, Iowa. Married to
the former Dawn Renee Timmerman of Burlington,
Iowa. They have four children. Jim’s mother,
Mary Ann Kelly, resides in Texas. His father,
William Kelly, is deceased. Dawn’s mother and
step father, Kathleen and Russ Williams, reside in
Iowa. Her father, Gerald Timmerman, is deceased.

===Education===
Graduated from Burlington Community High School,
Burlington, Iowa, in 1982; received a bachelor of
science degree in astronautical engineering from
the U.S. Air Force Academy in 1986; a master of
science degree in aerospace engineering from the
University of Alabama in 1996.

==Major Achievements==
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(in timeline order)


===Special Honors===
Distinguished Graduate in the class of 1986 at the
U.S. Air Force Academy, with honors; Distinguished
Graduate of Undergraduate Pilot Training at
Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training at Sheppard Air
Force Base, Wichita Falls, Texas; Top Gun at F-15
initial training at Luke Air Force Base, Phoenix,
Arizona; Distinguished Graduate and Liethen-Tittle
award for the Outstanding Graduate of the Air
Force Test Pilot School, class 93B; Meritorious
Service Medal, Air Force Commendation Medals (2),
Outstanding Unit Awards (2), Combat Readiness
Medals (2), and various other service awards.

===Experience===
Kelly received his commission from the U.S. Air
Force Academy in May 1986 and was designated an
Air Force Pilot in October 1987. He then reported
to the 426th F-15 Replacement Training Unit at
Luke Air Force Base, Phoenix, Arizona for initial
F-15 Eagle training. After completion, he was
assigned to the 67th Fighter Squadron, 18th
Fighter Wing at Kadena Air Base in Okinawa, Japan.
During his tour in Japan, he was designated as an
instructor pilot, evaluator pilot, and mission
commander. He was reassigned in April 1992 to Otis
Air National Guard Base in Cape Cod,
Massachusetts, as part of Project TOTAL FORCE,
where he continued flying the F-15 as an
instructor and mission commander. He was selected
for Air Force Test Pilot School at Edwards Air
Force Base, Edwards, California, where he
graduated in June 1994. After graduation, he was
assigned to the Air Force Flight Test Center
detachment at Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas,
Nevada, where he was a project test pilot and
assistant operations officer. He was at Nellis
when selected for the astronaut program.

He has logged over 2,500 flight hours in more than
35 different aircraft.

===NASA experience===
Selected by NASA in April 1996, Kelly reported to
the Johnson Space Center in August 1996. Having
completed two years of training and evaluation, he
is qualified for selection as a pilot on a Space
Shuttle flight crew. Initially, Kelly was assigned
to the Astronaut Office Flight Support Branch
where he served as a member of the Astronaut
Support Personnel team responsible for shuttle
launch preparation. 

===Space flight experience===
* STS-102 Discovery (March 8, 2001-March 21, 2001)
was the eighth Shuttle mission to visit the
International Space Station. Mission
accomplishments included the delivery of the
Expedition-2 crew and the contents of the Leonardo
Multi-Purpose Logistics Module, the completion of
two successful space walks, the return to Earth
(planet)|Earth of the Expedition-1 crew, as well
as the return of Leonardo, the reusable cargo
carrier built by the Italian Space Agency. Mission
duration was 307 hours and 49 minutes.
* STS-114 Discovery (July 26, 2005-August 9, 2005)
was NASA's|NASA Return to Flight mission after the
Space Shuttle Columbia disaster. The mission saw
Kelly return to the International Space Station.
During the time docked there were three spacewalks
made which aimed to test procedures for Thermal
Protection System repair. The mission was extended
by a day due to bad weather at the Kennedy Space
Center. When this continued for a second day the
shuttle was diverted and Kelly landed Discovery at
Edwards Air Force Base, California. Mission
duration was 333 hours, 33 minutes.

==References==
*
http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/kellyjm.html
Official NASA Bio
*
http://www.nasa.gov/vision/space/preparingtravel/j
ames_kelly_profile.html STS-114 James Kelly Crew
Profile


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