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Nelson, Sue, 1961- author.
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Funk, Mary Wallace, 1939-
Women air pilots -- United States -- Biography.
Air pilots -- United States -- Biography.
Astronauts -- Training of.
Outer space -- Exploration -- Political aspects -- United States.
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Wally Funk's race for space : the extraordinary story of a female aviation pioneer / Sue Nelson.
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Nelson, Sue, 1961- author.
Chicago, Illinois : Chicago Review Press, 2019.
Subjects
Funk, Mary Wallace, 1939-
Women air pilots -- United States -- Biography.
Air pilots -- United States -- Biography.
Astronauts -- Training of.
Outer space -- Exploration -- Political aspects -- United States.
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9781641601306 (hardcover) :
1641601302 (hardcover)
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xiii, 242 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm
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"Wally Funk was among the Mercury 13, the first group of American pilots to complete NASA's 1961 Women in Space program... Undeterred, Funk went on to become one of America's first female aviation inspectors and civilian flight instructors, though her dream of being an astronaut never dimmed. In this offbeat odyssey, journalist and fellow space buff Sue Nelson travels with Wally Funk, approaching her 80th birthday, as she races to make her giant leap. Covering their travels across the United States and Europe--taking in NASA's mission control in Houston and Spaceport America in New Mexico, where Funk's ride to space awaits--this is a uniquely intimate and entertaining portrait of a true aviation trailblazer."--Dust jacket flap.
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Hawaii State Library
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629.13092 Funk Ne
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629.13092 Funk Ne
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