Wally Funk's Race for Space: The Extraordinary Story of a Female Aviation Pioneer by Sue Nelson

Wally Funk's Race for Space: The Extraordinary Story of a Female Aviation Pioneer

Sue Nelson

320 pages first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction biography historical history informative inspiring slow-paced
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In 1961, Wally Funk was among the Mercury 13, the first group of American pilots to pass the Woman in Space programme. Wally sailed through a series of rigorous physical and mental tests, with one of her scores beating all the male Mercury 7 astro...

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