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Duff O'Dell
Coverage of Duff O'Dell 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 age 82 in 2021, died at 87 in Grapevine, Texas. She was part of the 1960s Mercury 13 program but never became an astronaut. Funk also held firsts as the first female FAA inspector and NTSB air safety investigator.