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Wally Funk

BO · American · Private · Deceased

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Career record

Flights
1
Launches with a definitive outcome — the Stats basis
Career time in space
10m
Career EVA time
under a minute
Spacewalks
0

Biography

Mary Wallace "Wally" Funk is an American aviator and Goodwill Ambassador. She was the first female air safety investigator for the National Transportation Safety Board, the first female civilian flight instructor at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, and the first female Federal Aviation Agency inspector, as well as one of the Mercury 13.

Biography from Launch Library 2.

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Born 1938-02-01 · died 2026-07-08