STP128 - Wally Funk - A True Space Pioneer - with Sue Nelson

2023 is a big year for women in space flight with historic anniversaries and landmark announcements coming up, so we want to start to highlight some female Space Flight Pioneers and today we talk about Wally Funk. To do this we’re joined by journalist and broadcaster Sue Nelson who wrote the wonderful book: “Wally Funk’s Race For Space”Sue Nelson:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sue-nelson-boffin-media-27969329/Twitter: https://twitter.com/ScienceNelsonSpace Boffins Podcast:https://www.thenakedscientists.com/podcasts/astronomy-podcasts/space-boffins Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/spaceboffins Twitter: https://twitter.com/SpaceBoffins Full show notes: https://spaceandthingspodcast.com/podcast/stp128-wally-funk-a-true-space-pioneer-with-sue-nelsonShow notes include links to all articles mentioned and full details of our guests and links to what caught our eye this week.Image Credits: Sue NelsonSpace and Things:Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/spaceandthings1Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spaceandthingspodcastFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/spaceandthingspodcast/Merch and Info: https://www.spaceandthingspodcast.comPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/SpaceandthingsBusiness Enquiries: [email protected] and Things is brought to you And Things Productions https://www.andthingsproductions.comSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/spaceandthings. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.