Wally Funk, aviation pioneer who was the oldest woman to travel into space, dies at 87

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Aviation pioneer Wally Funk has died at age 87. She was the oldest woman to launch into space, achieving this milestone in 2021 aboard a Blue Origin rocket owned by Jeff Bezos. During the early 1960s, Funk was one of 13 female pilots who underwent testing while NASA maintained an all-male astronaut corps. Her legacy is defined by her persistence in aviation and her eventual journey beyond Earth's atmosphere late in her life.
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