Women in Space History

Space and aviation pioneer Wally Funk dies

Aviation pioneer Wally Funk, the oldest woman to fly in space, dies at 87

Wally Funk, a pioneering aviator who volunteered to be an astronaut for NASA’s “Women in Space Program” in 1961, has died at the age of 87. Funk died Wednesday at her apartment in an assisted living facility in the Dallas and Fort Worth suburb of Grapevine,

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Wally Funk, the oldest woman to travel to space, dies

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Wally Funk, trailblazing aviator who waited 60 years to go to space, dies at 87

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Wally Funk, the oldest woman to launch into space, dies at 87

The oldest woman to launch into space has died.

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Oldest woman to travel into space, dies at 87

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Pioneering aviator and astronaut trainee Wally Funk dead at 87

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Aviation pioneer Wally Funk, who trained as an early female astronaut, dies at 87

Funk became the youngest woman to graduate from the program, and she was told she "had done better and completed the work faster than any of

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Wally Funk, trailblazing pilot and astronaut, dies at 87

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Local astronaut who went to space with Jeff Bezos dies at 87

Smithsonian Magazine

How Far American Women Astronauts Have Soared Since Sally Ride Took Her Historic Spaceflight

In 1978, Ride and five other women became the first group of female astronauts in the U.S. A new book by a longtime curator of spaceflight artifacts explores the nearly five-decade history of women in the space program Sally Ride sitting in the cockpit of ...

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Women in space gallery reflects past barriers, Artemis future

TITUSVILLE, Fla. – March is Women’s History Month, but when it comes to space history, the numbers tell a stark story. More than 500 fewer women have traveled to space compared with men. At the American Space Museum in Titusville, a gallery dedicated ...

India Today on MSN

Valentina Tereshkova: Textile worker who became the first woman in space 63 years ago

June 16 marks 63 years since Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman in space. Her flight from a textile mill to Vostok 6 reshaped space history for women.

Smithsonian Magazine

Meet Four Women Astronauts From Across NASA’s History

A new book explores the experiences of all 61 U.S. women astronauts Valerie Neal NASA astronaut and Expedition 64 Flight Engineer Kate Rubins sequences DNA aboard the International Space Station for an experiment that seeks to diagnose medical conditions ...