Wally Funk, a Grapevine woman who broke barriers as an astronaut and an aviation pioneer, has died. She was 87 years old. Aviation Pioneer’s Passing Funk died on Wednesday night surrounded by loved ones, according to the city of Grapevine.
By Ashley Strickland, Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — Wally Funk, a pioneering aviator who volunteered to be an astronaut for NASA’s “Women in Space Program” in 1961, has died at the age of 87. Funk passed away at her home in Grapevine, Texas, Wednesday evening, according to a statement shared by the ci…
Wally Funk, an aviation pioneer and one of America's first female astronaut trainees, passed away at 87, leaving behind a legacy of courage and determination after finally reaching space at the age of 82.
Wally Funk wanted to be an astronaut, but NASA didn't want to send a woman to space. Funk finally got her wish after a long career in other aspects of aviation.
Wally Funk, the trailblazing pilot who finally reached space at age 82 and called New Mexico home early on in her life, has died. She was 87 years old.
Aviation pioneer and commercial astronaut Wally Funk died July 8 in her Grapevine, Texas, home at the age of 87, according to a news release from the City of Grapevine. The statement said Funk passed “peacefully surrounded by her loved…
GRAPEVINE, Texas (AP) — Wally Funk, an aviation pioneer who was the oldest woman to launch into space, has died. She was 87. Funk died Wednesday at her apartment in an assisted living facility in the Dallas and Fort Worth suburb of Grapevine, Texas, Grapevine City Councilwoman Duff O’Dell said Thurs…
Funk was one of 13 female pilots who went through the same tests as NASA's all-male astronaut corps in the early 1960s but never made it into space. In 2021, she got her chance aboard Amazon founder Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin rocket.
Wally Funk, an aviation pioneer and the oldest woman to launch into space, has died at the age of 87 after getting her chance to go into space in 2021 aboard Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin rocket.
Trailblazing pilot was denied opportunity to become Nasa astronaut but made history on Blue Origin flight in 2021 Wally Funk, a trailblazing aviation pioneer who was denied the opportunity to become a Nasa astronaut and half a century later became the oldest woman to travel into space, has died aged…
Funk was one of 13 female pilots who went through the same tests as NASA’s all-male astronaut corps in the early 1960s. But she only made it to space in 2021 aboard Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin rocket.
Wally Funk, space and aviation pioneer who, at 82, became the oldest person to fly in space, died after a lifetime of dedication to making space travel accessible to women.
