Wally Funk, a trailblazing pilot and the oldest woman to travel into space on Blue Origin's 2021 flight, has died at the age of 87.
Wally Funk passed away at the age of 87
Jul 10, 2026
10:11 am
What's the storyWally Funk, a pioneering aviator and the oldest woman to fly into space, has passed away at the age of 87.
She died peacefully on Wednesday evening in her apartment at an assisted living facility in Grapevine, Texas.
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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 was one of 13 female pilots who went through the same tests as NASA’s all-male astronaut corps in the early 1960s but never…
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