Wally Funk, a pioneering aviator and astronaut trainee, has died at the age of 87. She was part of the Mercury 13 program, a group of women who trained for spaceflight in the 1960s but were never sent to space. Her passing marks the loss of a significant figure in aviation and early space exploration history.
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She was one of the first women to train as an astronaut in the 1960s, though never selected by NASA.
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Wally Funk died at age 87.
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