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• Richard Goldstein
Wally Funk, last ‘Mercury 13’ and oldest woman to fly to space, dies at 87
Wally Funk, the trailblazing aviator and final living member of NASA’s original “Mercury 13” astronaut trainee class, died at 87 in Texas. She flew into space at 82 after decades of waiting, later recognized as the oldest woman in space, following a Blue Origin invitation.
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• Steve Gorman
Pioneering aviator and astronaut trainee Wally Funk dead at 87
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