Stephens College alumna Wally Funk, 82, poses with a photo of herself when she was 22 year-old at left, as a flight instructor at Ft. Sill, Oklahoma, and a photo of herself stepping out of Jeff Bezo’s ...

82-year-old Wally Funk has logged over 19,600 flying hours and taught more than 3,000 people to fly. But despite passing tests for spaceflight, she had never made it to space — until now. On July 20, ...

GRAPEVINE, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) - Saturday was Wally Funk Day in Grapevine. Thousands celebrated the hometown hero and newest astronaut in the afternoon with a parade and festivities. At 82, Funk is the ...

Thousands of fans and friends celebrated Wally Funk Saturday in Grapevine for her historic space flight aboard Blue Origin. Funk, 82, became the oldest person to go into space on July 20 when she ...

FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) - On July 20, 2021, Wally Funk lived a dream that was more than six decades in the making. And what's most fulfilling perhaps, is that she never saw it coming. As she tells the ...

Wally Funk, 82 of Grapevine, was honored with a parade and celebration of her flight into space with Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin. Funk became the oldest person to travel to space in July when she went ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida -- After a half-century of waiting, Wally Funk -- who trained for NASA's Mercury program but was denied the opportunity to go to space -- finally got her time amongst the stars ...

During the early days of space exploration in the height of the Cold War era, an idea was floated to put an American woman in space. The idea resulted in the famous “Mercury 13,” led by Jerrie Cobb ...

Wally Funk, the famed aviator and current world record holder as the oldest person to reach space, returned to Oklahoma State University. Funk attended OSU for advanced flight training on her way to a ...

The National Aeronautic Association (NAA) is pleased to announce that Wally Funk has been selected as the recipient of the 2021 Katherine and Marjorie Stinson Trophy. The Stinson Trophy was created in ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- After a half-century of waiting, Wally Funk -- who trained for NASA's Mercury program but was denied the opportunity to go to space -- is finally getting her time amongst the ...