“I’ve heard about space for a long time now. I’m taking the opportunity to see it for myself. What a miracle,” says the 'Star Trek' icon.
on Monday announced that the sci-fi TV and film icon would be a crewmember onboard New Shepard NS-18. The launch will take place Oct. 12.
“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 in a statement.legend will become the oldest person to travel to space after he takes off from the West Texas launch site. Audrey Powers, Blue Origin’s vice president of mission and flight operations, will join the actor, along with crewmates Chris Boshuizen and Glen de Vries.television series and in six films. Although he has said in the past he is done playing Kirk, Shatner did give fans a little bit of fun when he somewhat reprised the role via Twitter last year.
And after 100 daily entries, he concluded the series with, “Captain’s Log Stardate 100: I hope you have enjoyed my Captain’s log musings & rantings on the first 100 days of COVID-19 sheltering. It was the least I could do… It was… fun. Oh, my.”Star Trek: Generations
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