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Wendy’s found itself in hot oil last week after cracking a joke that didn’t land. In response to a post about Katy Perry’s historic all-female spaceflight with Blue Origin, the fast-food ...
Funk was inducted into the Texas Aviation Hall of Fame, located at the Lone Star Flight Museum in Houston, on Sunday alongside Colleen C. Barrett, R. Walter Cunningham, and Heather Wilson.
AOPA awarded the R.A. Bob Hoover award to aviation legend Wally Funk, who was honored by WAI earlier in the week. In addition to amassing almost 20,000 hours in the air, being an astronaut and ...
In July 2021, Funk became the only "Fellow Lady Astronaut Trainee" to fly into space following the successful suborbital mission of Blue Origin's New Shepard capsule with Jeff Bezos. Funk will be ...
As an astronaut testing volunteer in the 1960s, Funk laid the foundation for women to travel in space, a dream she finally realized in 2021. Funk is certainly a trailblazer worth celebrating.” ...
Astronaut Wally Funk will speak at the Annual Women In Aviation and Aerospace Day event in Oklahoma City. The event, which will take place on Friday, will feature Funk as the keynote speaker.
Astronaut Wally Funk will speak at the Annual Women In Aviation and Aerospace Day event in Oklahoma City. The event, which will take place on Friday, will feature Funk as the keynote speaker.
“ Saturday Night Live ” poked fun at the billionaire space race in a new sketch that aired this weekend, with Owen Wilson playing Jeff Bezos aboard his Blue Origin spacecraft.
Wally Funk, a member of Mercury 13, which tried to send women into space in the 1960s, was honored for her work and her trip to space with a parade and celebration in her hometown.
When fans of Wally Funk turn out to celebrate the newly crowned 82-year-old astronaut at the city’s parade Saturday, they can toast her with a cool drink. Sonic, located around the corner from ...
Those in attendance can toast the astronaut with her own signature drink being offered at the nearby Sonic -- at Northwest Highway and Main Street -- the Wally Funk Blast. Our partners at The ...
The ticket holder and future astronaut said she's also met Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson, who she described as a "lovely chap." Branson beat Bezos to space by nine days when Virgin ...