John Glenn traveled to space at age 77 for a study on the effects of space travel on the elderly.
The oldest person to travel in space is John Glenn, who flew on the Space Shuttle Discovery in 1998 at the age of 77.
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John Glenn
I have heard that the oldest person to travel was around 94-96! Not very sure though!
On October 29, 1998, John Glenn became the oldest human being in outer space at the age of 77.
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In October 1998, Senator Glenn returned to space at the age of 77 aboard the space shuttle Discovery, making him the oldest person to fly in space.
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The first person to travel into space was Yuri Gagarin April 12th, 1961.
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John Glenn traveled to outer space twice, setting multiple records both times. On his first trip he became the first American to orbit the Earth, and on his second trip, while serving as a US Senator, he became the oldest person to travel to space.