Wally Funk

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aviator flight instructor human

Wally Funk is an American aviator and former Mercury 13 member who became the oldest person to travel to space when she flew on Blue Origin’s New Shepard in 2021.

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instanceOf aviator ⓘ
flight instructor ⓘ
human ⓘ
awardReceived Amelia Earhart Medal NERFINISHED ⓘ
FAA Gold Seal Flight Instructor award NERFINISHED ⓘ
coPassenger Jeff Bezos NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mark Bezos NERFINISHED ⓘ
Oliver Daemen NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1939-02-01 ⓘ
dateOfSpaceflight 2021-07-20 ⓘ
educatedAt Oklahoma State University NERFINISHED ⓘ
Stephens College NERFINISHED ⓘ
era 20th-century aviation ⓘ
21st-century commercial spaceflight ⓘ
familyName Funk NERFINISHED ⓘ
fieldOfWork aerospace ⓘ
aviation ⓘ
givenName Mary Wallace NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasHonorificTitle aviation pioneer ⓘ
spaceflight pioneer ⓘ
influenced women in aviation ⓘ
women in spaceflight ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
mediaAppearance subject of documentaries about Mercury 13 ⓘ
memberOf Mercury 13 NERFINISHED ⓘ
name Wally Funk NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableAchievement first Mercury 13 member to reach space ⓘ
notableFor being one of the Mercury 13 women astronaut trainees ⓘ
being the oldest person to travel to space at the time of her flight in 2021 ⓘ
notableWork advocacy for women in aviation and spaceflight ⓘ
occupation astronaut ⓘ
aviator ⓘ
flight instructor ⓘ
test pilot ⓘ
operator Blue Origin NERFINISHED ⓘ
participatedIn Blue Origin NS-16 mission NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfBirth Las Vegas, New Mexico, United States of America NERFINISHED ⓘ
recordHeld oldest person to travel to space as of July 2021 ⓘ
relativePositionInCrew spaceflight participant ⓘ
residence United States of America ⓘ
sexOrGender female ⓘ
spacecraft New Shepard NERFINISHED ⓘ
subjectOf biographical articles and books on women in space ⓘ
wasAboard Blue Origin New Shepard rocket NERFINISHED ⓘ

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flew on Blue Origin New Shepard suborbital flight on 2021-07-20 → oldestPersonInSpaceRecordHolder → Wally Funk ⓘ
subject surface form: Flew on Blue Origin New Shepard suborbital flight on 2021-07-20
flew on Blue Origin New Shepard suborbital flight on 2021-07-20 → passenger → Wally Funk ⓘ
subject surface form: Flew on Blue Origin New Shepard suborbital flight on 2021-07-20