What is oldest astronaut/cosmonaut at moment of selection (excluding John Glenn of course :-) )

[Pawelk198604]

as above

[fredinno]

John Glenn

[sgt_flyer]

oldest still alive, per nationality (up to 1945) :

soviet cosmonaut :

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Shatalov - born in 1927

US, after john glenn (1921) - nearly a tie :

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Borman born in 1928

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Lovell, in 1928 - 11 days younger than Frank Borman

german (with soviets): 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigmund_J%C3%A4hn, 1937

french :

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Loup_Chr%C3%A9tien, 1938

bulgarian :

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgi_Ivanov, 1940

belgian :

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirk_Frimout, 1941

japanese :

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyohiro_Akiyama, 1942

cuban : 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnaldo_Tamayo_M%C3%A9ndez, 1942

swiss :

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Nicollier, 1944

canadian :

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberta_Bondar, 1945

Edited March 10, 2016 by sgt_flyer

[RainDreamer]

Why are you asking though? Are you some sort of alien assassin that want to silent our astronauts incase they have seen something in those years? 

Edited March 10, 2016 by RainDreamer

[Pawelk198604]

I mean by age when select.

[sgt_flyer]

if you want to know age restriction on selection, nasa does not discriminate candidates based on age at selection (as long as you're fit enough) (the past range was between 26 and 46).

http://astronauts.nasa.gov/content/faq.htm

esa has a preffered age range from 27 to 37 - again, fitness suitable for the age is something they look for.

http://www.esa.int/esapub/br/br271/br271.pdf

Rocosmos has a set of criterias though  (including having russian citizenship, age under 33 ;))

- though less restrictive now than before, Rocosmos still looks for a specific height & weight range (Soyuz is really cramped ;))

http://www.astronautforhire.com/2012/10/cosmonaut-selection-criteria.html

for people already selected while they where younger, seems there's no set time limit outside of physical fitness Peggy whitson will be on expedition 50/51 on iss at age 56. - but she already went to space before. (she was selected when she was 36)

 

edit : found https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jake_Garn - 52 at age of selection (born in 1932, selected in 1984 flew once on sts-51D) - though, there was a lot of political leverage to get him selected ;))

Edited March 10, 2016 by sgt_flyer

[fredinno]

6 hours ago, sgt_flyer said:

if you want to know age restriction on selection, nasa does not discriminate candidates based on age at selection (as long as you're fit enough) (the past range was between 26 and 46).

http://astronauts.nasa.gov/content/faq.htm

esa has a preffered age range from 27 to 37 - again, fitness suitable for the age is something they look for.

http://www.esa.int/esapub/br/br271/br271.pdf

Rocosmos has a set of criterias though  (including having russian citizenship, age under 33 ;))

- though less restrictive now than before, Rocosmos still looks for a specific height & weight range (Soyuz is really cramped ;))

http://www.astronautforhire.com/2012/10/cosmonaut-selection-criteria.html

for people already selected while they where younger, seems there's no set time limit outside of physical fitness Peggy whitson will be on expedition 50/51 on iss at age 56. - but she already went to space before. (she was selected when she was 36)

 

edit : found https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jake_Garn - 52 at age of selection (born in 1932, selected in 1984 flew once on sts-51D) - though, there was a lot of political leverage to get him selected ;))

If you want to know who the oldest person is space overall is, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Glenn#Return_to_space

John Glenn went to space again at 77, and is still the oldest person to have gone into space. There is your answers.

[sgt_flyer]

@fredinno Oh i know  it's just that the op said 'john glenn excluded'  - besides, john glenn was way younger when he was selected the first time to become an astronaut 

Edited March 11, 2016 by sgt_flyer