Obituary

Wally Funk, Aviation Pioneer and Space Trailblazer, Dies at 87

Wally Funk, an aviation pioneer who was denied the opportunity to become a NASA astronaut in the 1960s but later became the oldest woman to travel into space, has died at age 87. According to multiple reports, she passed away peacefully on Wednesday evening at her apartment in Grapevine, Texas. Funk

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