Audrey Powers: Last News

William Shatner In this exclusive excerpt from William Shatner’s new book, “Boldly Go: Reflections on a Life of Awe and Wonder,” the “Star Trek” actor reflects on his voyage into space on Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space shuttle on Oct. 13, 2021. Then 90 years old, Shatner became the oldest living person to travel into space, but as the actor and author details below, he was surprised by his own reaction to the experience. So, I went to space. Our group, consisting of me, tech mogul Glen de Vries, Blue Origin Vice President and former NASA International Space Station flight controller Audrey Powers, and former NASA engineer Dr. Chris Boshuizen, had done various simulations and training courses to prepare, but you can only prepare so much for a trip out of Earth’s atmosphere! As if sensing that feeling in our group, the ground crew kept reassuring us along the way. “Everything’s going to be fine. Don’t worry about anything. It’s all okay.” Sure, easy for them to say, I thought. They get to stay here on the ground.

William Shatner‘s trip to space on Blue Origin will be documented in the new Amazon special Shatner in Space, premiering on Dec. 15 in the U.S., Canada, UK, Australia, and New Zealand. Other territories will be added in early 2022.

William Shatner is planning to fly to space on Blue Origin’s New Shepard NS-18 ship this Wednesday (October 13).

Jeff Bezos’ aerospace company Blue Origin just announced major news for the Star Trek fandom: Captain James T. Kirk is headed to space. William Shatner, beloved for his role as the captain of the USS Enterprise in the sci-fi franchise, will join the next Blue Origins flight on October 12, blasting off into the cosmos from West Texas.

Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin Crew, it has been confirmed.The Star Trek actor, 90, will boldly go where (not many) other men have gone before on October 12.A statement released today confirmed: ‘Today, Blue Origin announced actor William Shatner and Audrey Powers, Blue Origin’s Vice President of Mission & Flight Operations, will fly on board New Shepard NS-18. ‘They will join crewmates Chris Boshuizen and Glen de Vries for the flight which lifts off from Launch Site One on October 12.’The beloved actor also shared his excitement about the upcoming space flight as he stated: ‘I’ve heard about space for a long time now.