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Pioneering aviator and astronaut trainee Wally Funk dead

Pioneering aviator and astronaut trainee Wally Funk dead at 87

By Steve Gorman July 9 (Reuters) - Wally Funk, the trailblazing aviator who became the oldest person to fly to space some 60 years after first undergoing astronaut training with 12 other American women at the dawn of the Space Age,

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Aviation pioneer Wally Funk dies

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Wally Funk, 82, becomes oldest astronaut

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'A New Mexico treasure': Aviation pioneer Wally Funk dies

Las Vegas, N.M., native was one of America’s first female astronaut trainees

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Wally Funk, trailblazing pilot and astronaut, dies at 87

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Space trailblazer Wally Funk, member of Mercury 13, dies

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Do you want to be an astronaut? Career routes that can take you to space

In 2024, I flew on a microgravity, or zero G, parabolic flight with the European Space Agency (ESA). The aeroplane flew big arcs up and down in the sky. At the top of the arc I experienced 22 seconds of weightlessness,

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RIT alumni train Artemis II astronauts in photography

The four astronauts on NASA’s Artemis II mission that launched April 1 are well equipped to document their journey around the moon because of training from RIT alumni. Katrina Willoughby ’04 and Paul Reichert ’01—graduates of RIT’s imaging and ...

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

NASA intros full-size Blue Moon lander replica for Artemis training

The mockup will help astronauts simulate missions and provide design feedback for the Artemis program. Blue Origin, founded by Jeff Bezos, and Elon Musk's SpaceX are both developing lunar landers for NASA. NASA's Artemis program aims to return humans to ...