Wally Funk, aviation pioneer and oldest woman to travel to space, dies at 87.
Wally Funk died at age 87 at her apartment in Grapevine, Texas. She was one of 13 female pilots in the Mercury 13 program in the 1960s and later became the oldest woman to travel to space aboard Blue Origin in 2021.
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3 outlets covered it, splitting into 2 framing camps across 1 bias group.
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1 bias group
The spectrum · how 3 outlets placed this story
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The Hill
PBS NewsHour
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The split, in one line
AP delivers a full obituary with biographical details and tributes, while The Hill offers a brief notice focusing on her 2021 spaceflight.
How each outlet covered it
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Coverage clusters in the center and international press. Here is each take as it stands.
Center & international coverage
“Wally Funk, aviation pioneer who was the oldest woman to travel into space, dies at 87”
“Wally Funk, the oldest woman to travel to space, dies”
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