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

Updated on: July 9, 2026 / 11:45 AM CDT / CBS Texas.

Wally Funk , an aviation pioneer who became the oldest woman to travel to space, has died at 87.

The city of Grapevine , Texas, where she lived, announced on Thursday that she died peacefully the evening before, surrounded by loved ones.