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Who was the first septuagenarian to go into space?

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Who was the first septuagenarian to go into space?

In 1998 Astronaut John Glenn flew on a space shuttle at age 77 – becoming the first person over 70 to go into space. In July 2021, the nearly 71-year-old Richard Branson became the second septuagenarian in history to go into space._x000D_

What is a septuagenarian?

_x000D_A septuagenarian is a person in their seventies.

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