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Jul 20, 2021 · Who is Wally Funk? Trailblazing aviator becomes oldest person to travel to space at 82. July 20, 2021 / 9:45 AM EDT / CBS News. Wally Funk has spent her life among the clouds. She had her...
Jul 19, 2021 · By Mary Robinette Kowal. Published July 19, 2021 Updated July 26, 2021. Wally Funk is finally going to space. When on Tuesday she crosses that arbitrary altitude that divides the heavens from...
Jul 16, 2021 · Wally Funk standing with a U.S. Air Force jet. (Courtesy of Blue Origin via Smithsonian Magazine) Funk learned about the privately funded, but never secret, women’s astronaut fitness testing program from reading a story in Life magazine about Jerrie Cobb’s success as the first candidate in 1960. As she recalled, “So, [I was] thinking, ‘Oh!
Jul 20, 2021 · Wally Funk makes history during Blue Origin's launch to space. By Norah O'Donnell. Updated on: July 20, 2021 / 7:06 PM EDT / CBS News. At age 82, Wally Funk's energy is infectious and her...
Jul 9, 2021 · 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 go to space. Later this month, the 82-year-old...
Jul 20, 2021 · See More Videos. CNN —. After a half-century of waiting, Wally Funk — who trained for NASA’s Mercury program but was denied the opportunity to go to space — has finally gotten her time ...
Jul 1, 2021 · Mary Wallace Funk, an 82-year-old pilot who was prevented from becoming an astronaut in the 1960s because of her sex, will join Jeff Bezos on his rocket ship company’s first human flight into...
