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Alan Shepard was 38 years old when he flew 'Freedom 7' on a 15 minute suborbital mission on May 5th, 1961 and was 47 when he flew to the moon as commander of Apollo 14 in January 1971. He was the oldest man to walk on the moon (so far).

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