Six-Decade Dream Fulfilled: Pioneer Wally Funk Dies at 87
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Wally Funk, a trailblazing aviator who pursued space for six decades, died at 87. After earning a pilot’s license early and training as a female astronaut in the 1960s, she finally flew aboard Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin mission in 2021, becoming a symbol of perseverance in space exploration.
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