The Ten Oldest Astronauts to Have Gone Into Space

We have already seen the ten youngest astronauts to have gone into space and now its time for the gray flyers, the OAPS, the space grampas! OK, so many of them are not that old, but they ages are still pretty impressive. Whoever said being an astronaut is a young man’s game obviously didn’t tell these people…   The Ten Oldest Astronauts to Have Gone Into Space   10 – Claude Nicollier from Switzerland – Age at space flight: 55 Claude Nicollier is the first astronaut from Switzerland. He has flown on four Space Shuttle missions. His first spaceflight was in 1992, and his final spaceflight was in 1999. He took part in two servicing missions to the Hubble Space