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Mary Wallace Funk (born February 1, 1939) is an American aviator, commercial astronaut, and Goodwill Ambassador. She was the first female air safety investigator for the National Transportation Safety Board , the first female civilian flight instructor at Fort Sill, Oklahoma , and the first female Federal Aviation Agency inspector, as well as ...
Jul 19, 2021 · Wally Funk Is Defying Gravity and 60 Years of Exclusion From Space. Ms. Funk’s trip to space with Jeff Bezos is reason to celebrate. But the launch this week, decades after she was denied the...
Jul 20, 2021 · This morning Wally Funk, age 82, who once trained to be an astronaut in the 1960s as one of the Mercury 13, became the oldest person ever to fly to space. A success story 50+ years in the...
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Jul 20, 2021 · Barrier-breaking female aviator Wally Funk has become the oldest-ever person to fly in space. The 82-year-old blasted into space alongside the billionaire Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, his brother...
Jul 20, 2021 · July 20, 2021 / 9:45 AM EDT / CBS News. Wally Funk has spent her life among the clouds. She had her first flight lesson at age nine, became a licensed pilot at 17 and has logged more than...
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Wally Funk has been a trailblazer for women in aviation and spaceflight since 1960. Find out more about this inspiring pilot and space pioneer in this website and her memoir, Higher, Faster, Longer.
Jul 9, 2021 · 3-Minute Listen. Playlist. Enlarge this image. Wally Funk is one of the Mercury 13, a group of women who trained to be astronauts in the 1960s. Wally Funk has been hoping for a long time to...
