The wounded Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.), is recovering well enough that her astronaut husband, Mark Kelly, is considering whether to train for his planned April space shuttle mission. Kelly says he will announce his decision by tomorrow.
Giffords is recovering from a bullet wound to the head she received when a man opened fire at a constituent meeting she was holding at a Tucson, Ariz., grocery store Jan. 8.
Neither NASA nor Kelly have so far indicated which way the decision will go, though NASA appointed veteran astronaut Rick Sturckow to serve as a backup commander during training for the STS-134 mission, which is the final flight of the space shuttle Endeavour. The mission is set to launch April 19.
