Wally Funk, who was among the most accomplished female pilots of her time and who, at 82, became the oldest person to fly in space, achieving a goal she had set some 60 years earlier, died on Wednesda...

Funk was one of 13 female pilots who went through the same tests as NASA’s all-male astronaut corps in the early 1960s.

Funk, known for her dedication of more than seven decades to aviation, stamped her part in NASA history as a member of the Mercury 13, fulfilling her dream to become an astronaut after being rejected ...