If you wait long enough, your dreams might just become realities.

It did for Wally Funk, an 82-year-old woman who had always wanted to fly to space.

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Photos showed the moment Wally hugged him.

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She was very excited about it all.

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Her dream of becoming a pilot in 1961 was cut short.

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He was said to have renovated it with $12 million (R172 million).

The museum was originally built in 1914.

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Reeshni ChettyReeshni Chetty is a senior current affairs reporter.

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