Was Ilan Ramon the youngest or oldest member of the STS-107 mission crew?
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Ilan Ramon was the oldest member of the STS-107 mission crew. He was 48 years old at the time of the mission, which launched on January 16, 2003. Ramon was a fighter pilot and test pilot in the Israeli Air Force before he became an astronaut. He was selected as an astronaut candidate by NASA in 1998.
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