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Wally Funk was a pilot. She flew into space. She was the oldest woman in space. She died on Wednesday. She was 87 years old. She fell down many times.
Funk wanted to go to space. In the 1960s, she did hard space tests. She passed all the tests. But NASA said no to women. NASA is the US space team. She asked many times. They still said no.
Funk never stopped flying. In 2021, she went to space. She was 82 years old. She flew on a big rocket. Funk once said, I will fly till I die.
