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Is here. >> yes. i am so happy shes here. she knows what im going through. she was one of my flight students, and ive had many, many former flight -- 3,000 flight students and i dont know if theyll get to see this or not, but i felt so charged. i was not nervous -- i was just normal, normal person going up into space and thats what i wanted to feel. >> i can confirm that wally was never nervous. >> she was wondering what was taking so long. [ laughter ] >> thats true. we had a six-minute hold on...

And wally, would you join me please. 60 years, wally. and i get to pin this on. >> wow. best pin i have ever had had in my life. >> wally, you continue to inspire us. thank you so much for doing that and god bless you and congratulations. >> thank you. more to come.

Embracing this moment. shes on the big stage here. its been such a joy to watch her do the interviews in the run up to the launch. now were moments away from getting to hear from her. she was part of the group of 13 women who trained to become astronauts, but were never allow ed to go into space. hes in the record books as the oldest person ever to go to space. talk about this moment means. >> you just look at her face and how can you not spiel when you see the enthusiasm bursting from her being...

>> congratulations. >> and wally, would you join me, please. 60 years, wally. wow. >> the best pin ive ever gotten in my life, and ive had lots of them. >> wally, you continue to inspire us. thank you so much for doing that, and god bless you. congratulations. >> thank you. more to come. [ applause ]

>> reporter: and wally, did you ever think thau would be traveling to space with someone that cant even buy a beer? >> actually, some day i thought it would happen. ive waited a long time because i went to see eileen three times on her launches. i kept thinking, okay, nasa is going to help me co-op. hasnt happened but were going to do it now. im very excited. i want to feel how its going to be in space and doing everything in that capsule i can do. >> rachel, when wally was in the mercury 13, th...

Fu funk who was a group of mercury women who trained in the 1950s but never flew and shes an 80-year-old flight and she will become the oldest person to ever fly in space. and listen to how jeff bezos described what it was like to train with her. >> ill just tell you, wally, back in the early 60s, when she was in the mercury 13, she went through the tests and outperformed all of the men and we could confirm shes still outperforming all of the men. >> reporter: and so all four have been training ...

Off to bed i go. >> leave it to beaver enters the sitcom realm in 1957. >> whats that? >> the real key to "leave it to beaver" is its written from a childs point of view. >> you have the character of beaver and wally who is his older brother who usually does things right. beaver is always the one that gets in trouble. [ laughter ] >> and there were the parents to teach them. show them the right path. >> we want you to feel that you can come to me or to your mother with any problem and well under...

Upstairs? >> i didnt hear anything. >> ill read you one story, then off the bed you go. >> leave it to beaver enters the sitcom realm in 1957. >> whats that. >> a hair cut, i think. >> the real key to leave it to beaver is that its written from a childs point of view. >> why dont you let stanley cut your hair? >> i lost my money. >> you have the character of beaver and wally whos his older brother, who usually does things right. weve is always the one that gets in trouble. >> and there were the ...

"leave it to beaver" enters the sitcom realm in 1957. >> what is that? >> a hair cut, i think. >> the real key to "leave it to beaver" is it is written from a childs point of view. >> you have the character of beaver, and you have wally, who is his older brother who usually does things right. beaver is always the one that gets in trouble. >> and there were the parents to teach them, show them the right path. >> we want you to feel that you can come to me or your mother with any problem and well ...

To see wally who will be flying with him who is 82. she was part of the mercury 13 in 1961. continuing on this mission of celebrating women in space. >> that is cool just bringing up that womans name. it reminds me of kathryn johnson, that nasa hero depicted in the film hidden figures announced a building has opinion named and her contributions as well in the early part of the nasa program. im going to ask you to look ahead. we have another nine days until we might be doing this all over again w...