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Mark Kelly: “I got to be a test pilot and then an astronaut flying into…”

Featuring: Mark Kelly, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Arizona

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LIVE: Senator Mark Kelly holds town hall in Tucson, AZ

Published | Video Starts at 19:48

And I have only been there to continue my service to this great country, this country that has given me so much. I've got to serve in the Navy for 25 years, flying off of an aircraft carrier. I got to be a test pilot and then an astronaut flying into space four times. on a rocket ship built by the lowest bidder, by the way. And now I get to continue my service as a United States Senator and. (19:48–19:54)

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Asserts that he was a test pilot and flew into space four times as an astronaut.

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