02482cam a2200325 4500 530249928 TxAuBib 20210910120000.0 ||||||s2019||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781641601337 1641601337 B07H9GK66G Amazon 6cf3d12f-9288-4178-bf75-2028d7057dc4 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 4510790 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Nelson, Sue. Wally Funk's Race for Space [Libby] : The Extraordinary Story of a Female Aviation Pioneer. Chicago Review Press, 2019. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 1812kB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Biography & Autobiography. Transportation. Nonfiction. HTML:Wally Funk was among the Mercury 13, the first group of American pilots to complete NASA's 1961 Women in Space program. Funk breezed through the rigorous physical and mental tests, her scores beating those of many of the male candidates—even John Glenn. Just one week before Funk was to enter the final phase of training, the entire program was abruptly cancelled. Politics and prejudice meant that none of the more-than-qualified women ever went to space. 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.<br /> In this offbeat odyssey, journalist and fellow space buff Sue Nelson travels with Wally Funk, now approaching her eightieth 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. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2021-11-04 17:40:22. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=6cf3d12f-9288-4178-bf75-2028d7057dc4&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=6cf3d12f-9288-4178-bf75-2028d7057dc4&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=6cf3d12f-9288-4178-bf75-2028d7057dc4&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)