Female Aerospace pioneer Wally Funk is all set to rocket into space in less than three weeks along with Jeff Bezos. Wally Funk has been acing astronaut tests for sixty years
Wally Funk’s longtime dream is going to be fulfilled soon. On 20th July 2021, Wally Funk along with Jeff Bezos will be leaving for space, Wally is 89 years old and wants to travel for the last 60 years. Wally was denied by astronaut wings many years ago because she is a female and according to wing male pilots were suitable for space visits. This might sound a bit creepy but is true.
Wally Funk To Join Amazon’s Jeff Bezos Into His Aerospace Journey
Now finally Wally’s dream will be fulfilled as she is going to become the travel companion of Jeff Bezos. On Thursday the news was officially announced by the company of this travel going to take place on 20th July 2021. The rocket will take off from West Texas; it is the new shepherd rocket. The new shepherd rocket was named after Mercury 7 astronaut, Alan Shepherd.
Jeff Bezos Along with a Female Pilot Will Soon Travel Space
Jeff Bezos wanted to make his space visit happen for quite a long while now. Finally, he is going to take off this month. He posted a video on his Instagram handle stating “Funk said she feels “fabulous” about being asked to launch”.
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— Benny (@astro_benny_) July 1, 2021
Blue Origin announced that Jeff Bezos is going to take Wally Funk on the first crewed flight of New Shepard.
In 1961, she volunteered for the "Women in Space" Program
Despite completing the training, the program was cancelled#astronaut #blueorigin #newshepard #JeffBezos pic.twitter.com/anAWDYg1gr
Funk is also known as the Mercury 13 women. She completed her astronaut training back in the 1960s but never got a chance to fly because of her gender. Back during those days, even NASA hired NASA astronaut corps as male candidates only. Funk had to wait for almost 60 years; she is presently aged 82 and seems quite excited about her space travel for the first time.
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