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City of Grapevine
Coverage of City of Grapevine in the Nexus archive.
- Wally Funk, aviation pioneer who was the oldest woman to travel into space, dies at 87
Wally Funk, an aviation pioneer who became the oldest woman to travel into space at 82 in 2021, died at 87 in Texas. She was part of the 1960s Mercury 13 program but never flew with NASA. Funk also held roles as the first female inspector for the Federal Aviation Administration and the first female air safety investigator for the National Transportation Safety Board.