<(cbs p)="" --astronaut="" mark="" kelly="" says="" he="" is="" retiring="" from="" nasa="" and="" the="" u.s.="" navy="" to="" be="" with="" his="" wife,="" rep.="" gabrielle,="" as="" she="" continues="" her="" long="" recovery="" from="" a="" gunshot="" wound.in="" a="" facebook="" posting,="" kelly="" says="" he="" has="" reached="" a="" "crossroads"="" in="" his="" life="" and="" is="" focused="" on="" spending="" time="" with="" his="" wife="" and="" daughters."gabrielle="" is="" working="" hard="" every="" day="" on="" her="" mission="" of="" recovery.="" i="" want="" to="" be="" by="" her="" side,"="" kelly="" said.="" "stepping="" aside="" from="" my="" work="" in="" the="" navy="" and="" at="" nasa="" will="" allow="" me="" to="" be="" with="" her="" and="" with="" my="" two="" daughters.="" i="" love="" them="" all="" very="" much="" and="" there="" is="" no="" doubt="" that="" we="" will="" move="" forward="" together."kelly,="" who="" served="" in="" operation="" desert="" storm="" and="" captained="" the="" space="" shuttle="" endeavour's="" final="" mission="" during="" a="" 25-year="" career,="" said="" the="" decision="" to="" retire="" was="" not="" easy."public="" service="" has="" been="" more="" than="" a="" job="" for="" me="" and="" for="" my="" family,"="" he="" said.kelly="" added="" that="" after="" taking="" some="" time="" off,="" he="" will="" explore="" "new="" opportunities"="" to="" serve="" the="" country="" again.meanwhile,="" giffords="" and="" kelly="" announced="" tuesday="" that="" they="" have="" a="" deal="" for="" a="" joint="" memoir.="" it="" is="" to="" be="" an="" intimate="" chronicle="" of="" everything="" from="" their="" careers="" and="" courtship="" to="" the="" jan.="" 8="" tragedy="" when="" a="" gunman="" shot="" giffords="" in="" the="" head="" as="" she="" met="" with="" constitutents="" in="" tucson,="" arizona.="" six="" people="" were="" killed="" in="" the="" attack="" and="" 12="" others="" besides="" the="" congresswoman="" were="" wounded."since="" jan.="" 8,="" it's="" been="" really="" touching="" to="" us="" to="" see="" how="" much="" support="" there="" is="" for="" gabby="" and="" her="" recovery,="" and="" how="" much="" interest="" there="" is="" in="" how="" she's="" doing="" and="" her="" story,"="" said="" kelly./="">
Giffords's Husband Retiring from NASA, Navy to Be With Her
(CBS/AP) --Astronaut Mark Kelly says he is retiring from NASA and the U.S. Navy to be with his wife, Rep. Gabrielle, as she continues her long recovery from a gunshot wound.
