Wally Funk

Mary Wallace Funk (1 februari 1939) is een Amerikaans piloot, astronaut,^[1]^[2] en Goodwillambassadeur.

Ze was de eerste vrouwelijke luchtwaardigheidsonderzoeker van het National Transportation Safety Board, de eerste vrouwelijke FAA-inspecteur en lid van de Mercury 13, een groep vrouwelijke astronauten die getraind werden voor de ruimtevaart maar nooit een vlucht maakten.

In 2021 maakte ze een toeristische ruimtevlucht met Blue Origins NS-16.

Referenties

↑ (en) Fisher, Kristin, First on CNN: The US gives Bezos, Branson and Shatner their astronaut wings. CNN (10 december 2021). Geraadpleegd op 10 december 2021. “The US government is making it official, Jeff Bezos, Richard Branson, and William Shatner have earned the title of astronaut after their flights to the edge of space. The Federal Aviation Administration will also award Commercial Space Astronaut Wings to 12 other people who have flown at least 50 miles above Earth on a FAA licensed commercial spacecraft, including the crew of SpaceX's Inspiration4 mission. The FAA will award wings to eight people who flew on Blue Origin's New Shepherd spacecraft, three who flew on Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo, and to the four members of the SpaceX crew who spent three days in space in September.”
↑ (en) FAA Commercial Human Spaceflight Recognition. Geraadpleegd op 10 december 2021.

[1] (en) Fisher, Kristin, First on CNN: The US gives Bezos, Branson and Shatner their astronaut wings. CNN (10 december 2021). Geraadpleegd op 10 december 2021. “The US government is making it official, Jeff Bezos, Richard Branson, and William Shatner have earned the title of astronaut after their flights to the edge of space. The Federal Aviation Administration will also award Commercial Space Astronaut Wings to 12 other people who have flown at least 50 miles above Earth on a FAA licensed commercial spacecraft, including the crew of SpaceX's Inspiration4 mission. The FAA will award wings to eight people who flew on Blue Origin's New Shepherd spacecraft, three who flew on Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo, and to the four members of the SpaceX crew who spent three days in space in September.”

[2] (en) FAA Commercial Human Spaceflight Recognition. Geraadpleegd op 10 december 2021.

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