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{{about|the astronaut Scott J. Kelly|the musician Scott M. Kelly|Scott Kelly (musician)}}
{{Infobox astronaut
| name          =Scott Kelly
|other_names    =Scott Joseph Kelly
| image         =Scott J. Kelly.jpg
| type          =[[NASA]] Astronaut
| status        =Active
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|}}

'''Scott Joseph Kelly''' (born February 21, 1964) is an American [[astronaut]], [[engineer]] and a retired [[Captain (United States)#U.S. Navy|U.S. Navy Captain]]. A
 veteran of three previous missionfter flying in [[Outer Space]] three times, Kelly was selectedchosen in November 2012 for a special [[ISS year long mission|year-long mission]] to the International Space Station, whichmission to the International Space Station that would last an entire year. His year long mission began in March 2015.<ref name="Twins in Outer Space"/><ref name="Assign"/><ref name=BeginsTrip/>

Kelly [[commandedr|commanded]] the [[International Space Station]] (ISS) on [[Expedition 26]]. Kelly's [[identical twin]] brother, [[Mark Kelly]], is a former astronaut. The Kelly brothers are the only [[siblings]] to have traveledboth flown in space.<ref name="Twins in Outer Space"/><ref name="NASA-bio"/>
<!--- EN Note: as of May 28, 2012 Scott's official bio from NASA makes no reference to he and Mark being the first twins/siblings in space, I've added the NASA ref to Mark's bio here because it seems more substantial than Twinstuff.com --~~~~. Simple: Let's try to find a source here. Shouldn't be hard --->

Kelly's first spaceflight was as [[Astronaut ranks and positions|pilot]] of {{OV|[[Space shuttle Discovery}}]] during [[STS-103]] in December 1999. This was the third servicing mission toflight was to help repair the [[Hubble Space Telescope]], and lasted for just under eight days. His second spaceflight was as mission commander of [[STS-118]], a 12-day [[Space Shuttle]] mission to the International Space Station in August 2007.

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{{s-aft|after=[[Dmitri Kondratyev]]}}
{{s-bef|before=[[Gennady Padalka]]}}
{{s-ttl|title=[[Expedition 45|ISS Expedition Commander]]|years=11 September 2015 to present}}
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