Giffords has memoir deal, Kelly retires from NASA

NEW YORK — Together and apart, the lives of Gabrielle Gif­fords and husband-astronaut Mark Kelly have been extra­or­di­nary. She the con­gress­woman from Ari­zona who has mirac­u­lously sur­vived being shot in the head. He the com­man­der of the space shut­tle Endeav­our, exchang­ing wed­ding rings with his wife before his final mis­sion in space. Now, he is retir­ing to be with her full time and the two are col­lab­o­rat­ing on a mem­oir that will tell a story, their story, that Kelly says the pub­lic hardly knows.