Wally Funk became the oldest woman to launch into space in 2021 at the age of 82. She spent a lifetime preparing for the moment.

A pilot, she waited 60 years before she finally made the trip with Jeff Bezos ...

Wally Funk, who flew to space at 82 after a lifetime of flying and fighting for women in aviation and aerospace, has passed away at age 87. "We are deeply saddened by the passing of Wally Funk," Blue ...

Wally Funk, a pioneering aviator who volunteered to be an astronaut for NASA’s “Women in Space Program” in 1961, has died at the age of 87. Funk passed away at her home in Grapevine, Texas, Wednesday ...

Pilot Wally Funk has died at 87. Denied the chance to become a NASA astronaut, she finally reached space at age 82 aboard a Blue Origin flight.

Aviation trailblazer Wally Funk, the oldest person to travel to space in 2021, has died, according to the Texas city she called home. Funk died Wednesday at her apartment in an assisted living ...

Wally Funk, a pioneering female aviator who left her mark in U.S. aviation history, died at her home in Texas on July 8 at the age of 87. Though she had to abandon her dream of becoming a NASA ...

Trailblazing pilot was denied opportunity to become Nasa astronaut but made history on Blue Origin flight in 2021 ...

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GRAPEVINE, Texas (AP) — Wally Funk, an aviation pioneer who was the oldest woman to launch into space, has died. She was 87. Funk died Wednesday at her apartment in an assisted living facility in the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Wally Funk ahead of her Blue Origin mission in 2021. Wally Funk died at the age of 87 "peacefully" at her home surrounded by loved ...