Wally Funk, a North Texas aviation pioneer, has died. Here's how she broke barriers.

Wally Funk was selected in 1961 as one of the elite women in the Mercury 13 program, finishing the same rigorous training program given to the Mercury 7 astronauts.
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Aviation pioneer Wally Funk, who trained as an early female astronaut, dies at 87

Aviation pioneer Wally Funk, who finally went to space half a century after training to be a female astronaut, has died.