‘We owe her a debt of gratitude’: Loved ones remember pioneering aviator Wally Funk

Aviator and late-life astronaut Wally Funk, a longtime Grapevine resident, died in July at 87 years old. Loved ones came together Sept. 1 to honor her memory. Funk went on to train as an astronaut with the Woman in Space Program , a short-lived, early Space Race-era initiative that applied the same tests to women as those given to men for the Mercury Project [1].

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1. texasstandard.org · ‘We owe her a debt of gratitude’: Loved ones remember pioneering aviator Wally Funk Sep 8, 2026

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