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Mark Kelly: “I got to sit next between John Glenn and Neil Armstrong at a…”

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

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Senator Mark Kelly on Stoicism, Space, and Staying Calm Under Pressure

Published | Video Starts at 03:16

I think your layperson probably thinks, oh, they all know each other. And you probably all don't. We don't. No. But I knew Neil Armstrong pretty well. I knew Buzz Aldrin pretty well. John Glenn. I got to sit next between John Glenn and Neil Armstrong at a dinner once after I was an astronaut. Yeah. But other than my four space flights, that was probably the next biggest cool thing for me is that dinner. And it was on the 50th, I think the 50th anniversary of John Glenn's first flight. (03:16–03:25)

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