{"id":143819,"date":"2026-07-10T08:56:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T08:56:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/143819\/"},"modified":"2026-07-10T08:56:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T08:56:12","slug":"zemrela-wally-funkova-nekdejsi-nejstarsi-osoba-ve-vesmiru","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/143819\/","title":{"rendered":"Zem\u0159ela Wally Funkov\u00e1, n\u011bkdej\u0161\u00ed nejstar\u0161\u00ed osoba ve vesm\u00edru"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ve v\u011bku 87\u00a0let zem\u0159ela Wally Funkov\u00e1, americk\u00e1 pr\u016fkopnice letectv\u00ed, kter\u00e1 se v\u00a0roce 2021\u00a0na\u010das stala nejstar\u0161\u00ed osobou, je\u017e kdy let\u011bla do vesm\u00edru.<\/p>\n

Smrt Funkov\u00e9 byla ozn\u00e1mena v\u00a0prohl\u00e1\u0161en\u00ed, kter\u00e9 na soci\u00e1ln\u00edch s\u00edt\u00edch zve\u0159ejnilo texask\u00e9 m\u011bsto Grapevine, kde Funkov\u00e1 \u017eila a\u00a0tak\u00e9 zem\u0159ela. P\u0159\u00ed\u010dinu smrti prohl\u00e1\u0161en\u00ed neuv\u00e1d\u00ed.<\/p>\n

Funkov\u00e1 byla jednou ze\u00a013\u00a0pilotek, kter\u00e9 za\u010d\u00e1tkem 60.\u00a0let minul\u00e9ho stolet\u00ed pro\u0161ly stejn\u00fdmi testy jako mu\u017e\u0161t\u00ed astronauti NASA, ale coby \u017eena tehdy nem\u011bla \u0161anci se mezi n\u011b za\u0159adit.<\/p>\n

Do vesm\u00edru se pod\u00edvala a\u017e v\u00a0roce 2021, kdy absolvovala desetiminutov\u00fd let na palub\u011b rakety spole\u010dnosti Blue Origin zakladatele Amazonu Jeffa Bezose. Ve v\u011bku 82\u00a0let se tehdy stala nejstar\u0161\u00ed osobou ve vesm\u00edru, a\u010dkoli ji pozd\u011bji p\u0159ekonal herec ze seri\u00e1lu Star Trek William Shatner a\u00a0Ed Dwight, prvn\u00ed \u010derno\u0161sk\u00fd uchaze\u010d o\u00a0post astronauta v\u00a0USA\u00a0\u2013 ob\u011bma bylo 90\u00a0let.<\/p>\n

Kdy\u017e Funkov\u00e1 vystoupila z\u00a0modulu New Shepard kr\u00e1tce po jeho bezpe\u010dn\u00e9m p\u0159ist\u00e1n\u00ed na pad\u00e1c\u00edch na dn\u011b texask\u00e9 pou\u0161t\u011b, \u0159ekla novin\u00e1\u0159\u016fm: \u201e\u010cekala jsem na to dlouho,\u201c a\u00a0dodala: \u201eChci let\u011bt znovu, a\u00a0to co nejd\u0159\u00edve.\u201c<\/p>\n

Dlouho p\u0159edt\u00edm, ne\u017e si kone\u010dn\u011b splnila sv\u016fj nejv\u011bt\u0161\u00ed sen o\u00a0letu do vesm\u00edru, vycvi\u010dila Funkov\u00e1 v\u00edce ne\u017e 3000\u00a0pilot\u016f, nal\u00e9tala p\u0159es 19\u00a0tis\u00edc\u00a0letov\u00fdch hodin a\u00a0dos\u00e1hla \u0159ady dal\u0161\u00edch \u00fasp\u011bch\u016f, jimi\u017e prolomila genderov\u00e9 bari\u00e9ry v\u00a0letectv\u00ed.<\/p>\n

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Mary Wallace Funkov\u00e1, narozen\u00e1 v\u00a0roce 1939, byla prvn\u00ed \u017eenskou leteckou instruktorkou na americk\u00e9 vojensk\u00e9 z\u00e1kladn\u011b Fort Sill v\u00a0Oklahom\u011b, prvn\u00ed \u017eenskou inspektorkou Feder\u00e1ln\u00edho \u00fa\u0159adu pro letectv\u00ed (FAA) a\u00a0prvn\u00ed \u017eenskou vy\u0161et\u0159ovatelkou leteck\u00e9 bezpe\u010dnosti v\u00a0N\u00e1rodn\u00edm \u00fa\u0159adu pro bezpe\u010dnost dopravy (NTSB).<\/p>\n

V roce 1961\u00a0se Funkov\u00e1 stala nejmlad\u0161\u00ed ze\u00a013\u00a0\u017een, kter\u00e9 pro\u0161ly stejnou s\u00e9ri\u00ed n\u00e1ro\u010dn\u00fdch fyzick\u00fdch a\u00a0psychologick\u00fdch test\u016f jako sedm mu\u017e\u016f vybran\u00fdch pro p\u016fvodn\u00ed program NASA Mercury, v\u00a0jeho\u017e r\u00e1mci byli v\u00a0letech 1961\u00a0a\u00a01963\u00a0vysl\u00e1ni prvn\u00ed Ameri\u010dan\u00e9 do vesm\u00edru.<\/p>\n

Pat\u0159ila k\u00a0nejlep\u0161\u00edm \u00fa\u010dastn\u00edk\u016fm programu a\u00a0v n\u011bkolika testech dos\u00e1hla lep\u0161\u00edch v\u00fdsledk\u016f ne\u017e mnoz\u00ed z\u00a0jej\u00edch mu\u017esk\u00fdch koleg\u016f. Skupina, p\u0159ezd\u00edvan\u00e1 Mercury 13, v\u0161ak byla nakonec z\u00a0tehdej\u0161\u00edho sboru astronaut\u016f NASA vylou\u010dena pr\u00e1v\u011b proto, \u017ee to byly \u017eeny.<\/p>\n

Funkov\u00e1, posledn\u00ed \u017eij\u00edc\u00ed \u010dlenka t\u00e9to skupiny, se nakonec stala jedinou z\u00a0Mercury 13, kter\u00e1 se dostala do vesm\u00edru.<\/p>\n

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