Beam me up, Bezos!
William Shatner — the Canadian actor who famously played Captain Kirk in the original “Star Trek” TV series — will be launched into space on Oct. 12 by Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin, the company announced Monday.
The sci-fi actor, 90, will fly as one of the passengers on the company’s New Shepard rocket.
Shatner will be the oldest person ever to travel to space after the roughly 10-minute ride — even topping the record set by Wally Funk 82, earlier this year on Blue Origin’s first crewed flight.
“I’ve heard about space for a long time now. I’m taking the opportunity to see it for myself. What a miracle,” Shatner said Monday in a statement.
Audrey Powers, Blue Origin’s vice president of mission and flight operations is also joining the flight, alongside previously announced crew members Planet Labs co-founder Chris Boshuizen and Medidata co-founder Glen de Vries.
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