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    Who is the oldest person ever to go into space?

    Question #76369. Asked by kitty1002. (Feb 25 07 6:34 PM)


    MandyL

    		John Glenn lifted off for a second space flight on October 29, 1998, on Space Shuttle Discovery's STS-95 in order to study the effects of space flight on the elderly. At age 77, Glenn became the oldest person ever to go into space.

    http://my.execpc.com/~culp/space/history.html

    Feb 25 07, 6:38 PM
    Arpeggionist

    		The oldest person ever to fly in space was Glenn. Ironically, his friend Allen Shepard was the oldest man to walk on the moon, and Deke Slayton was the oldest person to go into space for the first time (in 1975, for the Apollo-Soyuz mission).

    Feb 26 07, 1:54 AM

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