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Articles tagged: Wally Funk

  • Blue Origin, Jeff Bezos, New Shepard, Wally Funk 21 July 2021 Blue Origin launches four commercial astronauts to space and back

    ...rolls and flips simultaneously. "It was great," she said. "I loved it. I can hardly wait to go again." A Historic Mission Wally Funk, 82, became the oldest person to fly in space. Oliver Daemen, 18, was the first ever commercial astronaut to purchase...

    • Blue Origin
    • Jeff Bezos
    • New Shepard
    • Wally Funk
  • Blue Origin, New Shepard, Oliver Daemen, suborbital flight, Wally Funk 19 July 2021 Blue Origin ready for first crewed New Shepard launch 20 July

    ...of 82 year old trailblazing aviator Wally Funk, and 18 year old physics student Oliver Daemen. Funk, who was personally invited by ...ever to reach space, and Daemen will be the youngest. Funk is renowned for being part of NASA’s Mercury programme, but...

    • Blue Origin
    • New Shepard
    • Oliver Daemen
    • suborbital flight
    • Wally Funk
  • Blue Origin, New Shepard NS-18 flight, Wally Funk, William Shatner 11 October 2021 Blue Origin flight with William Shatner postponed until 13 October

    ...,” said William Shatner. At 90 years young, Shatner will surpass the record set just a couple of months ago by Wally Funk, 82, to be the oldest person to fly to the edge of space. Audrey Powers joined Blue Origin in 2013 and oversees...

    • Blue Origin
    • New Shepard NS-18 flight
    • Wally Funk
    • William Shatner
  • 17 April 2019 Wally Funk’s Race for Space

    ... describes as “the extraordinary story of a female aviation pioneer” from her early exploits to her current dreams. Now 80, Wally Funk still hopes to get into space aboard one of Virgin Galactic’s suborbital flights but, as Nelson points out...

  • air-space boundary, commercial space, recreational space, space tourism September 2021 Near space - the air-space boundary question, astronauts and space tourism

    ..., the amendment promulgated by the FAA did allow for a discretionary ‘Honorary Commercial Astronaut Wings’, thereby allowing Wally Funk, veteran of the Mercury 13, to rightfully claim the wings denied to her 50 years earlier. The US model of three...

    • air-space boundary
    • commercial space
    • recreational space
    • space tourism
    Authors: Christopher J. Newman    
  • Blue Origin, Jeff Bezos, Richard Branson, Unity 22, Virgin Galactic 02 July 2021 Branson plans space trip ahead of rival Bezos

    ... yesterday when he disclosed that 82-year-old female space pioneer Wally Funk would be joining him on his New Shepard flight as an...career and taught some 3,000 people to fly. Although Funk has already racked up a number of historical achievements, ...

    • Blue Origin
    • Jeff Bezos
    • Richard Branson
    • Unity 22
    • Virgin Galactic
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