Astronaut sends message to wife, Gabby Giffords, through U2 concert
Published 3:59 pm Monday, June 6, 2011
SEATTLE — Space shuttle Endeavour commander Mark Kelly delivered a message to a U2 concert after Bono dedicated the song “Beautiful Day” to Kelly’s wife, Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords.
Bono told the crowd at Seattle’s Qwest Field on Saturday night, “Imagine a man looking down on us from 20
0 miles up. Looking down at our beautiful crowded planet. What would he say to us? What is on your mind Commander Kelly?”
Kelly then appeared on a video screen from the International Space Station.
“Tell my wife I love her very much; she knows,” he told the surprised crowd, quoting the David Bowie song, “Major Tom.”
NASA says Kelly recorded the message during the recent 16-day mission to the space station. Endeavour returned to Earth on Wednesday.
