Wally Funk becomes oldest person to fly to space 60 years after she was denied the opportunity.
aboard a rocket and capsule developed by his private spaceflight company, Blue Origin.
, to the edge of space. The craft then descended under parachutes and landed in the Texas desert for a total flight time of roughly 10 minutes. Funk, no stranger to breaking records, also made history as the oldest astronaut when she emerged from the spacecraft after landing, with a big grin and arms opened wide, a look of pure elation.
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