Wally Funk was one of 13 women selected by NASA in 1961 to be the First Lady Astronaut Trainees, or “FLATs." This group of women is sometimes called the Mercury 13, as they underwent some of the same physiological tests as their male counterparts – the Mercury Seven astronauts. Unlike the Mercury Seven, however, these women never flew a NASA mission. Funk was interviewed as part of the NASA Johnson Space Center Oral History Collection.