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Them on the way up. it was incredibly exhilarating, and then on the way back down, what i had not anticipated -- we hit 5 gs briefly on the way back down, and that's a lot of pressure. and unfortunately, during the status check for eaches a stro naught by the time nay got to astronaut demo, mine, we were at 5 gs. they were like astronaut demo, how are you doing? i was like okay. i had a hard time responding, but i'm not sure what that video footage will look like. probably not very pretty. it was so exciting. >> if you haven't figured it out yet, wally might be the oldest person ever in space ...

>> and wally, would you join me, please? [cheering and applause] 60 years, wally. and i get to pin this on. wow. >> best pin i've ever had in my life and i've had lots of them. >> wally, you continue to inspire us. thank you so much for doing that and god bless you and congratulations. >> thank you. more to come. [cheering and applause]

>> all right. these are amelia earhart's goggles. the ones she flew across the atlantic with solo. she put tape over them to kind of have less light come in because it was just so bright all the day, and she was flying for so long. and they're just -- i like to think that if amelia were here, she'd be very, very proud of wally. >> i just can't resist doing this. thank you, amelia, wherever you are. we hope you're watching all of this. thank you. these are precious. precious cargo. there you go. >> on that note, wally -- oh,

In a couple space capsules. this is roomier. to your point, there's only four people flying on this. yes, if they had a full crew of six which they plan to do in the near future, it might be a little tighter. i don't know if wally would be able to do those summersalts quite easily. jeff bezos telling me he's excited to learn how this journey is going to impact him. only around 500 people have ever had a luxury of traveling to space. and all of them speak of the overview effect, and that's part of the why to the suborbital missions for blue origin and companies like virgin galactic. democratize...

And been in space 656 days and so women are superb astronauts and lead across nasa. so that bridge has been crossed. but for wally personally, who was dreaming of it since she was young to now have been able to have this experience, i think it kind of encapsulated the whole new space era that this could happen for someone with legacy as well as 18-year-old on board. but this is a big step forward. >> and notably, 52 years to the day after that other big step for man kind, neal armstrong landing on the moon. and notable that this launch took place on july 20th as that great moment for the natio...