Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the Knesset as President Donald Trump and Amir Ohana, speaker of the Israeli Knesset, look on, October 13, 2025, in Jerusalem. (Getty Images)
President Donald Trump, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan sign a joint declaration at the White House in Washington DC, on August 8, 2025. (Getty Images)
Workers check the operation of carbon fiber production line at Zhongfu Shenying Carbon Fiber Co., on October 14, 2025, in Xining, China. (Getty Images)
Sean Kelly was manager of public programming and special projects at Hudson Institute from 2017 to 2019.
Biography
Sean Kelly was manager of public programming and special projects at Hudson Institute from 2017 to 2019. Sean also authored pieces on space and foreign policy for several publications including Politico, The National Interest, and the Weekly Standard. Sean holds bachelor’s degrees in economics and political science from Western Washington University.
With a rainbow serving as a backdrop in the sky, space shuttle Atlantis (foreground) sits on Launch Pad A and Endeavour on Launch Pad B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. (Stocktrek Images)
Manager, Public Programming & Special Projects
Sean Kelly
Commentary
4
Min Read
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The United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket launches NASA's Parker Solar Probe to touch the Sun from Launch Complex 37 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on August 12, 2018. (NASA via Getty Images)
Manager, Public Programming & Special Projects
Sean Kelly
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3
Min Read
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NASA astronaut Ronald Garan attached to the robotic arm Canadarm2 moves a failed ammonia pump module from a storage platform on the ISS to the cargo bay of the space shuttle Atlantis during a planned spacewalk July 12, 2011. (NASA via Getty Images)
Manager, Public Programming & Special Projects
Christopher Sands & Sean Kelly
Commentary
4
Min Read
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China launches Chang'e-4 lunar probe in the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province, Dec. 8, 2018. (Xinhua/Jiang Hongjing via Getty Images)
Manager, Public Programming & Special Projects
Sean Kelly
Commentary
4
Min Read
Caption
Long March 7 orbital launch vehicle carrying China's cargo spacecraft Tianzhou-1 on the launchpad in Wenchang, April 20, 2017 (FRED DUFOUR/AFP/Getty Images)