Skip to main content
WTTW
  • live tv
  • passport
  • Donate
search icon
Donate
  • Live TV
  • Schedule
  • Watch
  • Programs
  • News
  • Events
  • About
  • Support
  • WTTW Passport
  • Newsletters
  • Donate
  • Food
  • Neighborhoods
  • Kids
  • Schedule
  • Watch
    • 10 That Changed America
    • Chicago Stories library
    • Chicago Tonight
    • Chicago Works
    • Firsthand library
    • Firsthand: Peacekeepers
    • Geoffrey Baer library
    • Prehistoric Road Trip
    • Touring Chicago's Lakefront
    • All Shows
  • Programs
  • News
  • Events
  • About
  • Support
Main Watch Story Archive
Live Now
Podcast Newsletters
Main Watch Story Archive
Arts & Entertainment Business Crime & Law Education Health Politics Science & Nature Sports
Arts & Entertainment Business Crime & Law Education Health Politics Science & Nature Sports

Politics

For Retired Astronaut Mark Kelly, Preventing Gun Violence Top Mission

Alexandra Silets | April 21, 2016, 7:42 pm

Thanks to our sponsors:

View all sponsors

Thanks to our sponsors:

View all sponsors

Tags
mark kelly
gabby giffords
americans for responsible solutions
Guns
NASA

Related Stories

Mark Kelly Exits Role as Chicago’s Cultural Affairs Commissioner
House music is returning to its neighborhood roots in 2021. (Courtesy of the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events)
House Music Heading Back to ‘Hoods Where It All Began, As City Announces New Summer Series
A mural in Chicago’s South Loop. (WTTW News)
City Officials Launch $60M Arts Recovery Plan
The Blue Angels are a fan favorite of Air and Water Show observers. (Courtesy of Blue Angels)
Final Decision on Taste of Chicago, Air and Water Show This Summer Coming Soon, Officials Say
The Blue Angels are a fan favorite of Air and Water Show observers. (Courtesy of Blue Angels)
City Official: No Funding for Taste of Chicago, Air and Water Show in 2021
Ramsey Lewis (Courtesy City of Chicago, DCASE)
Chicago Jazz Festival Expands to Neighborhoods for 40th Anniversary

Sign up for our morning newsletter to get all of our stories delivered to your mailbox each weekday.

 

Thanks to our sponsors:

Trending

  1. 2026 Chicago Summer Festival Guide
    Chicago Pride Parade, 2025. (Courtesy of pridechicago.org)
  2. Duckworth, Durbin Call on Andrew Boutros to Step Down as Chicago’s U.S. Attorney Amid ‘Chaos,’ ‘Dysfunction’
    U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois Andrew Boutros speaks in the Dirksen Federal Building on Nov. 19, 2025. (WTTW News)
  3. CPD Officer Who Punched Teen in 2019 Incident Won’t Be Fired: Records
    An image captured by a Chicago Police Department officer’s body-worn camera shows Officer Michael Bryant striking an individual during an incident in August 2019. (Civilian Office of Police Accountability)
  4. Brandon Johnson Takes Victory Lap After State Budget Green Lights Digital Ad Tax
    Mayor Brandon Johnson addresses the news media on Monday, June 1, 2026. (Heather Cherone / WTTW News)
  5. 2026 Chicago Garden Walk Guide: A Showcase for Urban Oases
    Sheffield Garden Walk is one of Chicago's oldest. (Courtesy of Special Events Management)

Sign up for the WTTW News newsletter

Comments

Thanks to our sponsors:

View all sponsors

Thanks to our sponsors:

View all sponsors

Thanks to our sponsors:

View all sponsors

Recurring Features

  • A Safer City
  • Art Design Chicago
  • Ask Geoffrey
  • Black Voices
  • Chicago Tonight
  • Firsthand Series
  • Hedy Weiss Reviews
  • Investigations
  • Latino Voices
  • Spotlight Politics
  • Week in Review
  • WTTW News Explains 

Sections

  • Latest Stories
  • Arts & Entertainment
  • Business
  • Crime & Law
  • Education
  • Health
  • Politics
  • Science & Nature
  • Sports

WTTW News

  • Chicago Tonight
  • Story Archive
  • About WTTW News
  • Contact Us
  • Send Us a Tip
  • Advertise With Us
  • Sponsors

Stay Connected

  • Chicago Tonight Podcast
  • Daily Chicagoan Newsletter
  • Urban Nature Newsletter
Support independent journalism
Schedule Watch About WTTW Support
WTTW
Registered 501(c)(3), EIN: 36-2246703, © 2026 WWCI
Privacy Policy Terms of Use Public File