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Wally Funk, the oldest woman to go into space, dies at 87
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3:47Now PlayingWally Funk, the oldest woman to go into space, died at 87 years old. NBC News' Tom Costello looks back at Funk's Blue Origin flight in 2021 and her life before she reached the stars.
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