--- --- # Mark Kelly Can Juggle—But Not in Space  by [Lily Rothman](https://time.com/author/lily-rothman/)  ## Lily Rothman Rothman is managing editor at TIME. Apr 29, 2014 10:58 PM UTC  by [Lily Rothman](https://time.com/author/lily-rothman/)  ## Lily Rothman Rothman is managing editor at TIME. Apr 29, 2014 10:58 PM UTC It turns out that former astronaut Mark Kelly has a party trick. “I can juggle,” Kelly—who became an outspoken gun control advocate when his wife, former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, survived a 2011 shooting—said Tuesday during a brief interview at the [TIME 100](http://time.com/time100-2014/) Gala in New York. Asked what he can juggle, he said, “anything.” Asked how many objects, he said three. But space is the final frontier for juggling—he can’t really do it there. “It hard to hold onto things,” he said. “But if you need to move a 600 lb object it’s good.” Kelly said he was looking forward to meeting [TIME 100 honoree Alfonso Cuarón](http://time.com/70897/alfonso-cuaron-2014-time-100/) at the gala. Kelly has seen and loved _Gravity_ but hasn’t met the director. Mark Kelly, Husband of Gabrielle Giffords, Can Juggle ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/81925/mark-kelly/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/81925/mark-kelly/"},"headline":"Mark Kelly Can Juggle—But Not in Space","datePublished":"2014-04-29T22:58:54.000Z","dateModified":"2026-07-21T07:15:12.677Z","description":"Space is the final frontier of juggling","url":"https://time.com/81925/mark-kelly/","keywords":["TIME 100","TIME 100","TIME 100 Gala"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Lily Rothman","jobTitle":"Rothman is managing editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/lily-rothman/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-100/","name":"TIME 100"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/81925/mark-kelly/","name":"Mark Kelly Can Juggle—But Not in Space"}}]}] ```