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Turns out that riding a rocket into space is easy — climbing the stairs to that rocket is the real challenge. At least, that was William Shatner's experience when he participated in a round trip ...
At 90, William Shatner set the record for the oldest person to go to space after 10-minute flight aboard Blue Origin. "I am overwhelmed," he said upon return. 'Star Trek's' William Shatner ...
William Shatner has been beamed up. Now, he’s just beaming. The actor, 90, became the oldest person to fly to space Wednesday when he flew aboard a rocket developed by Blue Origin, the private ...
William Shatner [1] [2] OC (born March 22, 1931) is a Canadian actor. In a career spanning seven decades, he is best known for his portrayal of James T. Kirk in the Star Trek franchise, from his 1966 debut as the captain of the starship Enterprise in the second pilot of the first Star Trek television series to his final appearance as Captain Kirk in the seventh Star Trek feature film, Star ...
Erika Goldring/Getty Images William Shatner has been to space — both on TV and in real life — and has over 70 years of experience in the entertainment industry, but at the end of the day, the ...
When Ed Dwight flew as a space tourist on the Blue Origin suborbital flight on 19 May 2024 at age 90 years, 253 days, he became the oldest person to reach space, overtaking Shatner. [6] While in space, Shatner experienced the overview effect and articulated it live on camera in a post-flight conversation with Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos. [7]
During his 2021 trip to space, Shatner felt a sensation that’s particular to people who see our blue planet from above, called the “observer effect.”
Immediately after his October 2021 Blue Origin flight, William Shatner told founder Jeff Bezos, "what you have given me is the most profound experience. I hope I never recover from this. I hope I never recover from this.