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‘Mercury 13’ woman aviator Wally Funk will ride with Jeff Bezos on Blue Origin suborbital space trip

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“Everything the FAA has, I’ve got the license for,” Funk said in the Instagram video. At that altitude, the crew will experience about four minutes of weightlessness and get a spaced-out view of the curving Earth through the New Shepard craft’s giant picture windows. “And I can outrun you.”

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Seattle-area engineer and Arizona teacher join billionaire’s crew for charity space trip

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“This opportunity is proof that hard work and perseverance can pay off in unimaginable ways,” Proctor, who’s a licensed airplane pilot and has applied multiple times to become a NASA astronaut, said in a news release. Proctor used the software to power her space-art venture , and won out over about 200 other contestants.

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How to watch the countdown to Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin suborbital space trip (and why)

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PT), with Bezos and the rest of the crew sitting back in their seats, looking through the picture windows in their capsule as a hydrogen-fueled rocket booster sends them skyward. He’s a native of the Netherlands who took a year off after high school graduation to get his private pilot’s license. ”

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