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HUFFPOST - Aviation Pioneer Wally Funk, Oldest Woman To Travel Into Space, Dies At 87

Funk was one of 13 female pilots who went through the same tests as NASA’s all-male astronaut corps in the early 1960s. But she only made it to space in 2021 aboard Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin rocket.

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Sourcehttps://www.huffpost.com/entry/wally-funk-oldest-woman-to-travel-into-space-dies-at-87_n_6a50274fe4b0aaa37424db80
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WASHINGTONPOST (Harrison Smith) - Wally Funk, trailblazing aviator who waited 60 years to go to space, dies at 87

A veteran pilot and air safety investigator, she dreamed of space for six decades before Jeff Bezos invited her to join him on a Blue Origin rocket.

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Sourcehttps://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2026/07/09/wally-funk-trailblazing-aviator-who-waited-60-years-go-space-dies-87/
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