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Tuesday, October 5, 2021
THE HAPPENING WORLD: William Shatner to Fly to Space on Blue Origin New Shepard
Blue Origin says actor William Shatner, who played Captain Kirk on “Star Trek,” will fly into space on a suborbital launch Oct. 12 from West Texas.
— Spaceflight Now (@SpaceflightNow) October 4, 2021
Shatner will join a Blue Origin vice president and two paying passengers on the flight.
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Shatner is scheduled to fly on mission NS-18 on 2021-10-12, along with Blue Origin vice president Audrey Powers and two paying passengers. At age 90, he will become the oldest person to fly in space, eclipsing the record set by Wally Funk, 82, on the first crewed New Shepard flight.
There were earlier rumours that Shatner was to fly on Virgin Galactic's ship, but it appears he decided that after so many years exploring strange new worlds, seeking out new life and new civilisations, he didn't want to go into the record books as an “asterisknaut”.
Posted at October 5, 2021 11:57