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 ...

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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.

VAN HORN, Texas - A female aviation pioneer who didn’t make it into space decades ago because of her gender finally got to live her dream on Blue Origin’s rocket launch Tuesday, becoming the oldest ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

Thousands of fans and friends celebrated Wally Funk Saturday in Grapevine for her historic space flight aboard Blue Origin. Funk, 82, became the oldest person to go into space on July 20 when she ...

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 ...

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 ...