15 July 2026 at 11:29 pm
Summary
Wally Funk, a pioneering American aviator who became the oldest woman to fly into space at 82 in 2021, has died at 87. Throughout her eight-decade career, she broke barriers as the US military's first female flight instructor and the FAA's first female flight inspector, though her dream of becoming an astronaut remained unfulfilled for many years.
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