At the age of 22, Wally Funk already had a résumé of lifetime achievements. She earned top aviation ratings in college, was a professional certified pilot and became the first female civilian flight ...

Wally Funk is one of three other passengers joining Jeff Bezos on Blue Origin's suborbital space flight on Tuesday. She was part of a group of female aviators known as Mercury 13 who trained for space ...

Funk was one of four crew members to take a trip to space on Amazon founder Jeff Bezos' New Shepard vehicle. The flight marked Blue Origin's first human flight to space, making way for civilians to ...

After a half-century of waiting, Wally Funk — who trained for NASA's Mercury program but was denied the opportunity to go to space — has finally gotten her time amongst the stars. This morning she ...

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 ...

At 82 years old, Wally Funk became the oldest person to fly to space on Tuesday. Funk was one of four crew members to take a trip to space on Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ New Shepard vehicle . The ...

After a half-century of waiting, Wally Funk — who trained for NASA’s Mercury program but was denied the opportunity to go to space — has finally gotten her time amongst the stars. This morning she ...

Funk was one of four crew members to take a trip to space on Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ New Shepard vehicle. The flight marked Blue Origin’s first human flight to space, making way for civilians to ...