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This Pilot Is Headed To Space With Or Without NASA

Wally Funk is one of the Mercury 13, a group of women who trained to be astronauts in the early 1960s. Courtesy of Wally Funk hide caption

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This Pilot Is Headed To Space With Or Without NASA

In 1961, Wally Funk trained to be an astronaut. But she never got to go to space. Fifty years on, she still dreams of flying among the stars.

This Pilot Is Headed To Space With Or Without NASA

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This Pilot Is Headed To Space With Or Without NASA

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This Pilot Is Headed To Space With Or Without NASA

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Behind China's VPN Crackdown, A 'Game Of Cat And Mouse' Continues

Men look at computers in an Internet bar in Beijing in 2015. Even as the government finds new methods to block virtual private networks, providers find ways to go around the blocks. Greg Baker/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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Behind China's VPN Crackdown, A 'Game Of Cat And Mouse' Continues

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