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20 oldest astronauts on launch day

Order number	Name	Date of birth	Date of last launch	Age on day of last launch
1	Glenn, John Herschel, Jr.	Jul 18, 1921	Oct 29, 1998	77.3
2	Musgrave, Franklin Story	Aug 19, 1935	Nov 19, 1996	61.3
3	Tito, Dennis Anthony	Aug 08, 1940	Apr 28, 2001	60.7
4	Simonyi, Charles	Sep 10, 1948	Mar 26, 2009	60.5
5	Olsen, Gregory Hammond	Apr 20, 1945	Oct 01, 2005	60.4
6	Brand, Vance DeVoe	May 09, 1931	Dec 02, 1990	59.6
7	Chretien, Jean-Loup Jacques Marie	Aug 20, 1938	Sep 26, 1997	59.1
8	Ryumin, Valeri Viktorovich	Aug 16, 1939	Jun 02, 1998	58.8
9	Henize, Karl Gordon	Oct 17, 1926	Jul 29, 1985	58.8
10	Phillips, John Lynch	Apr 15, 1951	Mar 15, 2009	57.9
11	Crouch, Roger Keith	Sep 12, 1940	Jul 01, 1997	56.8
12	Tanner, Joseph Richard	Jan 21, 1950	Sep 09, 2006	56.6
13	Schlegel, Hans Wilhelm	Aug 03, 1951	Feb 07, 2008	56.5
14	Thornton, William Edgar	Apr 14, 1929	Apr 29, 1985	56.0
15	Thirsk, Robert Brent	Aug 17, 1953	May 27, 2009	55.8
16	(w) Morgan, Barbara Radding	Nov 28, 1951	Aug 08, 2007	55.7
17	Nicollier, Claude	Sep 02, 1944	Dec 20, 1999	55.3
18	Lind, Don Leslie	May 18, 1930	Apr 29, 1985	54.9
19	Johnson, Gregory Carl	Jul 30, 1954	May 11, 2009	54.8
20	Strekalov, Gennadi Mikhailovich	Oct 28, 1940	Mar 14, 1995	54.4