Wally Funk
| Wally Funk | |
 Wally Funk, 1995. | |
| Född | Mary Wallace Funk 1 februari 1939 (86 år) Las Vegas, USA |
|---|---|
| Medborgare i | USA |
| Utbildad vid | Stephens College, Associate of Arts Oklahoma State University–Stillwater, bachelor of science |
| Sysselsättning | Pilot, flyginstruktör, inspektör, rymdfarare |
| Utmärkelser | |
| Hedersdoktor (2007)[1] Women in Aviation International | |
| Webbplats | allyfly.com/ |
| Redigera Wikidata | |
Mary Wallace "Wally" Funk, född 1 februari 1939 i Las Vegas, New Mexico, är en amerikansk flygare.
Hon började flyga professionellt vid 20 års ålder. Hon var National Transportation Safety Boards första kvinnliga utredare och Federal Aviation Administrations första kvinnliga inspektör.[2]
Hon var en av 13 kvinnor, kallade Mercury 13 som genomgick och klarade samma medicinska tester som USA:s första manliga astronauter, kallade Mercury Seven.[2]
Den 1 juli 2021 meddelade Blue Origin att företagets grundare och ägare Jeff Bezos erbjudit henne att flyga på den första bemannade flygningen av företagets New Shepard-raket, tillsammans med honom. Flygningen gjordes den 20 juli 2021.[2]
Referenser
- ^ läs online, www.uwosh.edu .[källa från Wikidata]
- ^ [a b c] ”Wally Funk will fly to space on New Shepard’s first human flight” (på engelska). Blue Origin. 1 juli 2021. https://www.blueorigin.com/news/wally-funk-will-fly-to-space-on-new-shepard. Läst 1 juli 2021.
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Seven Members of the First Lady Astronaut Trainees in 1995 - GPN-2002-000196-crop.jpg
Exuberant and thrilled to be at the Kennedy Space Center, seven women who once aspired to fly into space stand outside Launch Pad 39B neat the Space Shuttle Discovery, poised for liftoff on the first flight of 1995. They are members of the First Lady Astronaut Trainees (FLATs, also known as the "Mercury 13"), a group of women who trained to become astronauts for Americas first human spaceflight program back in the early 1960s. Although this FLATs effort was never an official NASA program, their commitment helped pave the way for the milestone Eileen Collins set: becoming the first female Shuttle pilot. Visiting the space center as invited guests of STS-63 Pilot Eileen Collins are (from left): Gene Nora Jessen, Wally Funk, Jerrie Cobb, Jerri Truhill, Sarah Rutley, Myrtle Cagle and Bernice Steadman.This is an edit of the original image, cropped to show only Wally Funk.
Exuberant and thrilled to be at the Kennedy Space Center, seven women who once aspired to fly into space stand outside Launch Pad 39B neat the Space Shuttle Discovery, poised for liftoff on the first flight of 1995. They are members of the First Lady Astronaut Trainees (FLATs, also known as the "Mercury 13"), a group of women who trained to become astronauts for Americas first human spaceflight program back in the early 1960s. Although this FLATs effort was never an official NASA program, their commitment helped pave the way for the milestone Eileen Collins set: becoming the first female Shuttle pilot. Visiting the space center as invited guests of STS-63 Pilot Eileen Collins are (from left): Gene Nora Jessen, Wally Funk, Jerrie Cobb, Jerri Truhill, Sarah Rutley, Myrtle Cagle and Bernice Steadman.This is an edit of the original image, cropped to show only Wally Funk.