Highlights From William Shatner’s Blue Origin Rocket Trip to Space.

The 90-year-old actor who played Captain Kirk and three others went to the edge of space in a tourist spacecraft built by Jeff Bezos’ company. “It was so moving to me,” Mr. Shatner said. William Shatner became the oldest person to travel to space and cross the Kármán line. The “Star Trek” star traveled to space with three other passengers on a mission that lasted about 10 minutes

Mr Shatner was joined on the flight by Audrey Powers, a Blue Origin vice president; Chris Boshuizen, who co-founded the Earth-imaging satellite company Planet; and Glen de Vries, an executive with the French healthcare software corporation Dassault Systèmes.

This was only the second crewed outing for New Shepard. The first, on 20 July, carried Mr Bezos, his brother Mark, Dutch teenager Oliver Daemen; and famed aviator Wally Funk.

Afterwards, Ms Funk, being 82, was able to claim the record for the oldest person in space - a title she has now relinquished to Mr Shatner.

Jeff Bezos Blue Origin historic Space Flight Highlights (First Passenger Flight - 21 Jul 2021)
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