A year ago today I watched my friend Wally Funk finally get into space. Like many, I cried and cheered when she achieved her dream after a 60 year wait. So here's to WallyFunksRaceforSpace and the memories. Always aim high and achieve your dream - no matter how long it takes. ❤️🚀❤️

#MidweekMotivation with Wally Funk🚀 Funk was awarded NAA's 2021 Stinson trophy for "...inspiring the next generation of aerospace professionals as a pioneering member of the Mercury 13, flight instructor, air safety investigator, and the oldest woman to fly in space."

Sue Nelson delighted the MajorTim.space Young Ambassadors with her knowledge of women in space. Turns out that Sue is also a Star Wars fan - this was the topic of much lively conservation amongst the entire group! WallyFunksRaceforSpace Space Boffins Star Wars Women@NASA

Three years ago the paperback of WallyFunksRaceforSpace (and Wally) hit the UK. Today I’m heading to Leeds to attend a musical workshop with Helen Arney and Leeds Conservatoire School of Drama students on women and space. Doing what you love leads to wonderful adventures 🙂

Ila Loetscher US woman aviation pioneer & "Turtle Lady". Age 25 1st licensed native #Iowa woman pilot 1929 founder member of The Ninety-Nines, Inc.® @ invitation of friend Amelia Earhart. From 1960s campaigner to save Kemp's ridley #SeaTurtles 🐢b #OTD 30 Oct 1904 bit.ly/3JAy8gL

So I’m having dinner under a Concorde during the BIS #SirArthurClarkeAwards in Bristol collecting an award on behalf of Wally Funk. How’s your evening? 😉

Wally Funk won the international Sir Arthur Clarke award last night for “significant or outstanding lifetime achievement” relating to her work with kids STEM and space! Collected on her behalf by her friend & Wally Funk’s Race for Space author Sue Nelson

Due to a few technical issues at the BIS Sir Arthur Clarke Awards last night, people could hear but not see Wally Funk's video on receiving the International Award. So here's the slightly shorter Twitter version! She starts with her spaceflight...

I think I've discovered what to get myself for Xmas 2023.... #WallyFunk #BlueOrigin #Bobbleheads space.com/blue-origin-ne…

Look what arrived in time for #NationalBobbleheadDay! 💙 these fun creations that celebrate these wonderful humans! #SpaceInspires Blue Origin NationalDayCalendar Audrey Powers WallyFunksRaceforSpace #BlueOrigin #NS16 #NS18 #NewShepard

Happy birthday Wally Funk. 42. Again!

Happy Birthday to Wally Funk! An inspirational pioneering role model 👩‍🚀 WallyFunksRaceforSpace Sue Nelson #wallyfunk #space #STEM

This was a fun chat - when Wally Funk was in the UK for the UK launch of the paperback. Happy times.

Delighted to be interviewed by Dave Giles for their wonderful Space and Things podcast this week about Wally Funk, writing WallyFunksRaceforSpace and the love of all things space ❤️🚀❤️ spaceandthingspodcast.com/podcast/stp128…

This week we wanted to talk about Wally Funk, so we reached out to the wonderful Sue Nelson who authored WallyFunksRaceforSpace and it was a superb chat! podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/spa…

I can hardly believe that it's two years ago today that Wally Funk's 40 year old dream came true and she finally went into space at the age of 82. #Believe

Four congresswomen have introduced a bill to recognize the Mercury 13, a group of women who passed the same screening tests as the 1st male NASA astronauts but were denied a chance to fly in space. Some of the 13 are shown at Kennedy Space Center in 1995. bit.ly/3QkrzVN

Listen from 41 mins for our very own Space Oddity! 👩‍🚀🚀✨ “Wally Funk’s Race For Space” - Written by me and Jenna 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 - Sung by Nora Perone and Charlotte Hannan - Piano by Rob Gathercole - Mixed by JimmyLongfoot - Originally based on a book by Sue Nelson - TY Sam!

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A certain young lady is 42 today (at least that’s what 85 sounds like to me) so huge birthday greetings to the powerhouse that is Wally Funk. Pilot, adventurer and - thanks to Blue Origin - astronaut!