John Kelly
- Full name: John Mark Kelly
- Species: Human
- Gender: Male
- Wife: Jeannie Kelly ( - 2032)
- By late 2031: Lieutenant, International Space Agency (TLE Novel: The Sundered; VOY: "One Small Step")
- Late 2031: Mission commander, Ares III (TLE Novel: The Sundered)
- Per text, "already aboard the Ares IV spacecraft on his solitary, year-long voyage to Mars" as of Fall 2031
- Contradicts "One Small Step": not a solitary mission, and (given timeframe for rescue of mission specialists from surface) not a year-long voyage)
- Reframed to preserve essence of reference
- Mid-2032: Mission commander, Ares IV (VOY: "One Small Step")
- Late 2031: Mission commander, Ares III (TLE Novel: The Sundered)
- October 19, 2032: Missing, considered lost (VOY: "One Small Step")
- Lost upon collision of Ares IV command module with then-unidentified phenomenon later identified as a graviton ellipse
- Death: October 29, 2032; Ares IV (VOY: "One Small Step")
- Shutdown of Ares IV life support systems to allow for imaging, analysis of alien vessel for Human posterity (VOY: "One Small Step")