Wally Funk – aviation pioneer and Mercury 13 member
E642886
Wally Funk is an American aviator and one of the Mercury 13 women who, after being denied the chance to go to space in the 1960s, became the oldest person to fly in space on a Blue Origin suborbital mission in 2021.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Wally Funk | 0 |
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Mercury 13 member
ⓘ
aviator ⓘ human ⓘ |
| advocacy |
women in aviation
ⓘ
women in spaceflight ⓘ |
| birthName | Mary Wallace Funk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| describedBySource | news coverage of Blue Origin NS-16 flight in July 2021 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Oklahoma State University
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Stephens College NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer |
Federal Aviation Administration
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
National Transportation Safety Board NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
aviation
ⓘ
spaceflight ⓘ |
| givenName |
Mary
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Wallace NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHonor |
induction into National Aviation Hall of Fame
ⓘ
induction into Women in Aviation International Pioneer Hall of Fame ⓘ |
| launchDate | 2021-07-20 ⓘ |
| launchSite | Corn Ranch, West Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memberOf | Mercury 13 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Wally Funk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| nickname | Wally NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
first female air safety investigator for the National Transportation Safety Board
ⓘ
oldest person to fly in space at time of Blue Origin flight in 2021 ⓘ one of the first women to complete Mercury-era astronaut medical tests ⓘ |
| notableFor |
campaigning for women’s inclusion in NASA astronaut corps
ⓘ
longest-waiting astronaut candidate to reach space ⓘ |
| notableWork | participation in Mercury 13 privately funded astronaut testing program ⓘ |
| occupation |
air safety investigator
ⓘ
astronaut ⓘ aviator ⓘ flight instructor ⓘ |
| participantIn |
Blue Origin NS-16 suborbital mission
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mercury 13 astronaut medical testing program NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | air safety investigator at NTSB ⓘ |
| residence | United States of America ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| spaceflightOperator | Blue Origin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spaceflightType | suborbital spaceflight ⓘ |
| spaceflightVehicle | New Shepard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spaceMission | Blue Origin NS-16 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
flew on Blue Origin New Shepard suborbital flight on 2021-07-20
→
crewMemberRole
→
Wally Funk – aviation pioneer and Mercury 13 member
ⓘ
subject surface form:
Flew on Blue Origin New Shepard suborbital flight on 2021-07-20