Mercury 13
Coverage of Mercury 13 in the Nexus archive.
- Space trailblazer Wally Funk, member of Mercury 13, dies
Wally Funk, a member of the Mercury 13 and the oldest woman to go into space, died at 87. She trained with NASA in the 1960s but never flew, later becoming a space tourism pioneer with Blue Origin in 2021.
- Wally Funk, aviation pioneer who finally reached space at 82, dies at 87
Wally Funk, an aviation pioneer who became the oldest woman to travel to space at age 82 on Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin rocket in 2021, died at 87 in Grapevine, Texas. She was part of the 1960s Mercury 13 program but was never allowed to become an astronaut. Funk also held roles as the first female FAA inspector and NTSB air safety investigator.
- Wally Funk, aviation pioneer who was the oldest woman to travel into space, dies at 87
Wally Funk, an aviation pioneer who became the oldest woman to travel into space at 82 in 2021, died at 87 in Texas. She was part of the 1960s Mercury 13 program but never flew with NASA. Funk also held roles as the first female inspector for the Federal Aviation Administration and the first female air safety investigator for the National Transportation Safety Board.
- Wally Funk, aviation pioneer who was the oldest woman to travel into space, dies at 87
Wally Funk, an aviation pioneer who became the oldest woman to travel into space at age 82 in 2021, died at 87 in Grapevine, Texas. She was part of the 1960s Mercury 13 program but never became an astronaut. Funk also held firsts as the first female FAA inspector and NTSB air safety investigator.