http://www.newsweek.com/blue-origins-first-crewed-flight-breaks-records-youngest-oldest-astronauts-1611419 > Blue Origin has successfully launched its New Shepard spacecraft, carrying the youngest and the oldest people to ever go into space. > 82-year-old aerospace pioneer Wally Funk qualified to go into space in 1961 through the "Women in Space" Program, but it was cancelled before she had the chance to fulfil her dream.