Wally Funk, 87, was an aviation pioneer and member of the Mercury 13 who underwent astronaut tests. She died Wednesday night ...

A veteran pilot and air safety investigator, she dreamed of space for six decades before Jeff Bezos invited her to join him ...

Aviation pioneer Wally Funk, who finally went to space half a century after training to be a female astronaut, has died.

Wally Funk became the oldest woman to launch into space in 2021 at the age of 82. She spent a lifetime preparing for the ...

Trailblazing pilot was denied opportunity to become Nasa astronaut but made history on Blue Origin flight in 2021 ...

Pioneering American aviator who was the oldest woman to fly into space aged 82 in 2021 ...

As a young woman in the 1960s, she wasn’t allowed to become a NASA astronaut. She finally realized her long-held dream of ...

Barred from Nasa's early astronaut programme because she was a woman, Wally Funk made headlines in 2021 by joining the first ...

American aviation pioneer Wally Funk, who was the oldest woman to fly in space, has died at 87 in Texas. Ms Funk was one of ...

Wally Funk, a pioneer in aviation whose accomplishments include being the oldest woman to travel to space, died Wednesday ...

Funk was also the first female inspector for the Federal Aviation Administration and the first female air safety investigator ...

The city of Grapevine announced Funk's death Thursday, saying she "inspired generations by breaking barriers in aviation and ...