North Texas aviation pioneer Wally Funk dies, aged 87

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North Texas aviation pioneer Wally Funk has died at age 87. Selected in 1961 for the Mercury 13 program, she completed the same rigorous training as Mercury 7 astronauts. Despite her qualifications, she was barred from becoming a NASA astronaut during the 1960s due to her gender. Funk eventually achieved her lifelong ambition of space travel as an octogenarian, setting an age record for flying in space before her passing.
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