Wally Funk overcame decades of sexism to become oldest astronaut

2021 ж. 19 Шіл.
8 918 Рет қаралды

ABC News' Linsey Davis examines 82-year-old Wally Funk's historic journey to space, a dream fulfilled after 60 years.
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  • This woman is phenomenal!!!

    @m3recordsLLC@m3recordsLLC2 жыл бұрын
  • What kind of negative people would give this story a thumbs down?! This woman is amazing!

    @shopgirl10@shopgirl102 жыл бұрын
    • I wondered the very same thing. It just goes to show you how toxic some people truly are!

      @Hollins23@Hollins232 жыл бұрын
    • She a billionaire

      @panterafanloco1600@panterafanloco16002 жыл бұрын
    • 😂😂👎 thanks for reminding me

      @SUGAR_XYLER@SUGAR_XYLER2 жыл бұрын
    • @@SUGAR_XYLER Hope you have a good day!

      @shopgirl10@shopgirl102 жыл бұрын
    • 👎

      @adolfsniffler7564@adolfsniffler75642 жыл бұрын
  • When I watched the launch it made me smile listening to her laughing louder than anyone. You could hear the happiness she was feeling

    @tonigrant2295@tonigrant22952 жыл бұрын
  • How wonderful!

    @Hollins23@Hollins232 жыл бұрын
  • Novody deserved to be in spave more than Wally and her Mercury 13 mates.

    @07Flash11MRC@07Flash11MRC2 жыл бұрын
  • Now for the movie 🍿

    @maxenglish2434@maxenglish24342 жыл бұрын
    • Ugh

      @phillip_iv_planetking6354@phillip_iv_planetking63542 жыл бұрын
  • TALK ABOIT THE AUDITS!!!! Talk about the child trafficking of children out of Haiti by government officials!!!!!!

    @christianericson1446@christianericson14462 жыл бұрын
  • I'm here to remind you about the January 6th insurrection. Have a blessed day.

    @Wolfe-zl4ld@Wolfe-zl4ld2 жыл бұрын
    • I' have a insurrection every night. I'm way ahead of you.

      @Metacognition88@Metacognition882 жыл бұрын
    • still suffering symptoms of derangement I see.

      @nicolasceresoli9121@nicolasceresoli91212 жыл бұрын
  • Wally's story shouldn't be a issue. Leave her alone and let her fulfill her dream . NOW , I cant say much about Jeff the bozzo Bezos.

    @lesant7659@lesant76592 жыл бұрын
  • Whose laughing now? Her new challenge now is........ FLAT EARTHERS!!

    @corenchiereynaldo2417@corenchiereynaldo24172 жыл бұрын
    • the earth is a doughnut, you doughnut.

      @nicolasceresoli9121@nicolasceresoli91212 жыл бұрын
    • @@nicolasceresoli9121 uh ok

      @corenchiereynaldo2417@corenchiereynaldo24172 жыл бұрын
  • Play that funky music Wally

    @NeonVisual@NeonVisual Жыл бұрын
  • She’s not an astronaut by the way, nor any of the ones who were in that rocket

    @DearProfessorRF@DearProfessorRF2 жыл бұрын
    • technically not the edge of space but close

      @tv10morehead@tv10morehead19 күн бұрын
  • 🙂

    @rolandgruber917@rolandgruber9172 жыл бұрын
  • Logging "20,000 miles" such an ERROR. 20,000 hours! What a joke.

    @DKG1NDP@DKG1NDP2 жыл бұрын
  • clearly aMAN

    @nubiansouljah5910@nubiansouljah59102 жыл бұрын
  • But why did she have to fight sexism…. on a spaceship that is shaped like giant 🦴-er?

    @seccat@seccat2 жыл бұрын
  • Decades of sexism! 🤣🤣🤣🤣

    @nerdtendo2300@nerdtendo23002 жыл бұрын
  • They never made it to space and she's not an astronaut.

    @williamryan7403@williamryan74032 жыл бұрын
  • there was plenty of female astronauts you are running out of griefs...

    @maxb5346@maxb53462 жыл бұрын
    • Yeah, I remember Sally Ride was a female astronaut

      @howardweingard43@howardweingard432 жыл бұрын
    • @@howardweingard43 Canada and Russia had plenty of females astronauts and there was plenty of females working doing the maths etc even black womens etc this narrative is hurting everyone and the u.s.a is about to break appart just like Canada because people who lives thousands of miles appart wants different things and the corruption is getting so high we are getting very close to what the nazi or stalin or the chinese comunist party did, this is how every genocide started and people dont learn from the past because they are dumb.

      @maxb5346@maxb53462 жыл бұрын
  • Blame sexism because you didn't make the cut

    @stevedewey4059@stevedewey40592 жыл бұрын
  • She made the sandwiches during these so called training events.

    @phillip_iv_planetking6354@phillip_iv_planetking63542 жыл бұрын
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