William Shatner, best known for his role in the Star Trek TV and film series as Captain James T. Kirk, will be traveling to space tomorrow on Blue Origin’s second touristic flight. At the age of 90, he will soon become the oldest person who’s ever flown to space. He will be joined aboard the New Shepard rocket by Blue Origin’s VP of Mission and Flight Operations, Audrey Powers, former NASA engineer and co-founder of satellite imagery firm Planet Labs, Chris Boshuizen, and co-founder of clinical research software Medidata, Glen De Vries. They are scheduled to blast off from Blue Origin’s Texas launchpad on Wednesday at 9:30 am ET.
He will boldly go where no Starfleet captain (or anybody who’s portrayed one) has gone before.
So now I can say something. Yes, it’s true; I’m going to be a “rocket man!” 😝🤣 https://t.co/B2jFeXrr6L
— William Shatner (@WilliamShatner) October 4, 2021
