‘No one has waited longer’: trailblazing female pilot Wally Funk will go to space with Bezos
by Sarah Betancourt and agency from Science | The Guardian on (#5KRT8)
Funk, who was denied the job of astronaut in the 1960s over her gender, will be the oldest person ever to travel into space
Wally Funk, a trailblazing female pilot denied the job of astronaut in the 1960s over her gender, will finally get the chance to fulfill her dreams of going into space.
Billionaire and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos announced Thursday on Instagram that Funk will be part of a four-person crew set to be launched into space by Blue Origin during a 10-minute flight on his rocket New Shepard later this month.
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