Wally Funk, aviation pioneer and oldest woman to travel to space, dies0

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• July 9, 2026

GRAPEVINE, Texas– Wally Funk, aviation pioneer and the oldest woman to launch into space, has died. She was 87 years old. Funk died Wednesday in his apartment at an assisted living facility in the Dallas and Fort Worth suburb of Grapevine, Texas, Grapevine City Councilwoman Duff O’Dell said Thursday. O’Dell, who described herself as Funk’s