At 82, Wally Funk Gets A Taste Of Space

Wally Funk
After 60 years, pilot Wally Funk got her taste of space.
Credit: Blue Origin
The same day Blue Origin made its first huma n spaceflight, sending four passengers into suborbital space, the Federal Aviation Administration issued new FAA Commercial Space Astronaut Wings eligibility requirements. Among the passengers aboard Blue Origin’s New Shepard was pioneering aviator Mary...
Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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