Wally Funk, an aviation pioneer and the oldest woman to travel into space, has died at the age of 87. Funk was one of 13 female pilots who underwent the same tests as NASA's all-male astronaut corps in the early 1960s but did not travel to space at that time. In 2021, she flew aboard Blue Origin's rocket, founded by Jeff Bezos, marking her first journey into space.
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Wally Funk, aviation pioneer and oldest woman in space, passes away at 87
Wally Funk, a notable aviation pioneer and the oldest woman to travel into space, has died at 87. She was part of a group of female pilots who faced the same testing as male astronauts in the 1960s and finally flew into space in 2021 with Blue Origin.
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