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Wally Funk, Aviation Pioneer and Oldest Woman in Space, Dies at 87

Wally Funk, a pioneering aviator who became the oldest woman to travel into space in 2021 after being denied a chance to be a NASA astronaut, has died at the ag

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Wally Funk, Trailblazing Mercury 13 Aviator, Dies at 87

Wally Funk, an aviation pioneer and one of the elite women selected for the Mercury 13 program in 1961, has died at the age of 87. She completed the same rigoro

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Wally Funk, Aviation Pioneer and Oldest Woman in Space, Dies at 87

Wally Funk, Trailblazing Mercury 13 Aviator, Dies at 87

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