Too early to tell if Giffords can attend launch
Astronaut Mark Kelly prepares to discuss his decision to command the final flight of the Space Shuttle Endeavor during a news conference at Johnson Space Center in Houson on Friday. (Feb. 4, 2011) Credit: AP
The doctor leading Rep. Gabrielle Giffords’ rehabilitation says it’s too early to tell whether the congresswoman could attend her husband’s space launch in two months.
Astronaut Mark Kelly will lead the space shuttle’s final voyage, a two-week mission to the International Space Station leaving April 19 from Cape Canaveral, Fla.
NASA considered replacing him on the trip, but Kelly announced last week he would go and expected his wife to be well enough to see him off.
But Dr. Gerard Francisco says doctors would have to decide on a variety of medical issues for that to happen, including whether Giffords can fly and how much noise she can tolerate.
The Arizona congresswoman was shot in the forehead a month ago and is recovering at a rehabilitation hospital in Houston.
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