Stephens College alumna Wally Funk, 82, poses with a photo of herself when she was 22 year-old at left, as a flight instructor at Ft. Sill, Oklahoma, and a photo of herself stepping out of Jeff Bezo’s ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Wally Funk made history on Tuesday when she became the oldest person to ...

During the early days of space exploration in the height of the Cold War era, an idea was floated to put an American woman in space. The idea resulted in the famous “Mercury 13,” led by Jerrie Cobb ...

After a six-decade wait to launch off the Earth, new space traveler Wally Funk is ecstatic. The 82-year-old aviation pioneer (and now the oldest person ever to fly in space) launched on a suborbital ...

SOUTHLAKE, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) - A legendary aviation pioneer who lives right here in North Texas will soon be fulfilling a decades long dream. Three weeks from now, 82 year-old Wally Funk will be ...

When Amazon founder Jeff Bezos offered her a seat on the first crewed flight of his space tourism enterprise Blue Origin, it was an invitation aviator Wally Funk had waited six decades to receive.

GRAPEVINE, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) - Saturday was Wally Funk Day in Grapevine. Thousands celebrated the hometown hero and newest astronaut in the afternoon with a parade and festivities. At 82, Funk is the ...

Jeff Bezos; his brother; a $28 million auction winner; and Wally Funk, an 82-year-year old aviator will go aboard first flight of New Shepard. “I would say, ‘Honey, that was the best thing that ever ...

Wally Funk took a postcard with her on her historic trip to space. ”I felt great,” Funk said. Funk had originally trained to be an astronaut in the 1960s but never got a chance to fly. Jeff Bezos’ New ...

An undated photograph shows Wally Funk standing with a U.S. Air Force jet. Courtesy of Blue Origin Amazon founder Jeff Bezos announced on Thursday that an honored guest, Wally Funk, will join the ...

The National Aeronautic Association (NAA) is pleased to announce that Wally Funk has been selected as the recipient of the 2021 Katherine and Marjorie Stinson Trophy. The Stinson Trophy was created in ...