Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords who was shot on the head and has been recovering in a rehabilitation facility, was given a go to attend the Space Shuttle launch on Friday. Her husband astronaut Mark Kelly, is the the commander of NASA’s next-to-last scheduled shuttle mission.
“Yes, I’ve met with her doctors, her neurosurgeon and her doctors. And … they’ve given us permission to take her down to the launch,” Kelly said.
As an update to her condition, Giffords can walk a bit on her own and is working on improving her gait, Dr. Gerard Francisco, the chief medical officer at the Institute for Rehabilitation and Research (TIRR), Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center in Houston, told the newspaper.