--- title: Mark Kelly, Husband of Gabrielle Giffords, Can Juggle description: Space is the final frontier of juggling canonical: https://time.com/81925/mark-kelly/ author: Lily Rothman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-04-29T22:58:54.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-07-21T07:15:12.677Z article:section: Politics og:title: Mark Kelly, Husband of Gabrielle Giffords, Can Juggle og:description: Space is the final frontier of juggling og:url: https://time.com/81925/mark-kelly/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Mark Kelly, Husband of Gabrielle Giffords, Can Juggle twitter:description: Space is the final frontier of juggling twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Mark Kelly Can Juggle—But Not in Space > Sponsored content. 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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. 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