Funk was also the first female inspector for the Federal Aviation Administration and the first female air safety investigator for the National Transportation Safety Board.

In 2021, Wally Funk traveled to space with Jeff Bezos aboard Blue Origin’s New Shepard, becoming the oldest woman to travel in space.

Neste domingo, 12 de julho, é celebrado o Dia Nacional do Funk, data que homenageia o histórico Baile da Pesada, realizado no Rio de Janeiro em 12 de julho de 1970, considerado um marco para o ...

Se hoje a estética e a imagem de um baile funk de rua em São Paulo são amplamente conhecidas por todo o país, isso se deve em grande parte a um nome: MC João, autor do sucesso "Baile de Favela". Esta ...

Wally Funk waited over 60 years for a few fleeting moments of weightlessness. An accomplished pilot, she longed to go to ...

Wally Funk, 87, was an aviation pioneer and member of the Mercury 13 who underwent astronaut tests. She died Wednesday night in Grapevine.

Aviation pioneer Wally Funk, who finally went to space half a century after training to be a female astronaut, has died.

“Pau Pra Toda Obra” e “Cuida do Pet”, duas das três músicas mais ouvidas no Spotify Brasil nesta semana, revelam uma nova tendência no mercado do funk: MCs agora são empresários de si mesmos e ...

Wally Funk was selected in 1961 as one of the elite women in the Mercury 13 program, finishing the same rigorous training program given to the Mercury 7 astronauts.

Aviation trailblazer Wally Funk, who lived in Grapevine and was the oldest woman to launch into space, has died, according to the city. Funk died Wednesday at her apartment in an assisted living ...

Texas resident, icon of the aviation world, and former record holder Wally Funk died on Wednesday evening in Grapevine, Texas. She was 87 years old. Born on Feb. 1, 1939 in Las Vegas, Funk had several ...