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New Shepard Michaela Benthaus NS-26 Mission New Shepard Mission Manned Missions Space Tourism Future Technologies Human Expansion

Wally Funk Dies at 87, Trailblazing Aviator and Mercury 13 Member

Her long career broke aviation gender barriers and culminated in a 2021 Blue Origin flight that reshaped public memory of who belongs in space.

Blue Origin Retires New Shepard Capsule After Successful NS-35 Payload Flight