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  • Published on Jul 10, 2026

    World’s oldest woman to launch into space dies in Texas at 87

    July 9, 2026, 8:50 p.m. ET The oldest woman to launch into space has died. A pioneering American aviator who fulfilled a lifelong dream of becoming an astronaut at the age of 82, Wally Funk died of natural causes at her home late on Wednesday, July 8, …

    Source: USA Today - Neutral
  • Published on Jul 10, 2026

    Wally Funk, the oldest woman to go to space, dies at 87

    FORT WORTH, Texas (TNS) — Aviation pioneer and commercial astronaut Wally Funk died July 8 in her Grapevine, Texas, home at the age of 87, according to a news release from the City of Grapevine. The statement said Funk passed “peacefully surrounded by her …

    Source: The Register-Herald - West Virginia - Neutral
  • Published on Jul 12, 2026

    Wally Funk, the oldest woman to go to space, has died at 87

    Aviation pioneer and commercial astronaut Wally Funk died July 8 in her Grapevine, Texas, home at the age of 87, according to a news release from the City of Grapevine. The statement said Funk passed “peacefully surrounded by her loved ones.” Funk was born …

    Source: The Antelope Valley Press - California - Pending
  • Published on Jul 15, 2026

    This tech billionaire lived six months a year on his 233-foot superyacht to avoid paying property taxes on land in ...

    Decades before billionaires started fleeing, this genius built a 233-foot superyacht and lived on it Decades before the world's richest people began leaving high-tax states like California and New York for Florida and Texas, one tech mogul quietly …

    Source: The Times of India - Indeterminate
  • Published on Jul 10, 2026

    Wally Funk, oldest woman to travel into space, dead at 87

    Wally Funk, an aviation pioneer who was the oldest woman to launch into space, has died. She was 87. Funk died Wednesday at her apartment in an assisted living facility in the Dallas and Fort Worth suburb of Grapevine, Texas, Grapevine City Councilwoman …

    Source: New York Post - Right-wing
  • Published on Jul 17, 2026

    Word architect lived on $100million superyacht

    Charles Simonyi, the software architect behind Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel, found an amusing way to avoid paying property taxes. He decided to live on a $100 million superyacht that served as both his home and office for nearly two decades. He …

    Source: The Economic Times - Center-right
  • Published on Jul 10, 2026

    Space trailblazer Wally Funk, member of Mercury 13, dies

    A pioneer of the early space program and the oldest woman to go into space has died. Wally Funk was 87 years old. She passed away on July 8 at her apartment in an assisted living facility in Grapevine, Texas, her caregiver, city councilwoman Duff O’Dell, …

    Source: WFTV - Florida - Neutral
  • Published on Jul 10, 2026

    Pioneering aviator and astronaut trainee Wally Funk dead at 87

    By Steve Gorman July 9 (Reuters) - Wally Funk, the trailblazing aviator who became the oldest person to fly to space some 60 years after first undergoing astronaut training with 12 other American women at the dawn of the Space Age, has died in Texas at age …

    Source: Yahoo News - Center-left
  • Published on Jul 11, 2026

    Today-History-July11

    --- Today in History for July 11: In 1533, Pope Clement VII excommunicated England's King Henry VIII. In 1656, Ann Austin and Mary Fisher became the first Quakers to arrive in America and were promptly arrested. --- Today in History for July 11: In …

    Source: Mountain View Albertan - Pending
  • Published on Jul 6, 2026

    Aviation pay fight incoming?

    QUICK FIX — If there’s a shutdown in the cards this fall, Senate Commerce Chair Ted Cruz says he will push to exempt essential aviation workers from fallout. Appropriators might not go along. — International intrigue is surrounding a key component of the …

    Source: Politico - Neutral
  • Published on Jul 10, 2026

    Wally Funk, trailblazing aviator who waited 60 years to go to space, dies at 87

    When Wally Funk was 5, she donned a Superman cape and leaped from the roof of her family’s barn in New Mexico, dreaming of flight and landing in a haystack. She decorated her bedroom ceiling with model planes, earned her pilot’s license as a teenager and …

    Source: The Spokesman-Review - Washington State - Neutral
  • Published on Jul 3, 2026

    Vote now: What will be aviation’s most game-changing technology over the next 20 years?

    Share on LinkedInLinkedIn Share on TwitterTwitter Share on FacebookFacebook Share on RedditReddit Share on FlipboardFlipboard Share on TumblrTumblr Share via EmailGmail Share on WhatsAppWhatsApp As Future Travel Experience celebrates its 20th anniversary …

    Source: Future Travel Experience - Neutral
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