William Shatner has boldly gone where no man at his age has gone before. On Wednesday, the 90-year-old star went up with Blue Origin, the company founded by Jeff Bezos, as one of four passengers on board the New Shepard NS-18 ship.
Shatner and the other passengers delayed their trip for a day due to high winds in Texas, where the spaceship was taking off from.
While Bezos was not on this trip, he greeted the astronauts and closed the hatch before the vessel took flight. Prior to his journey, Shatner said in a promotional video, «I shall be entranced by the view of space.
I want to look at that orb and appreciate its beauty, its tenacity.» He added, «It looks like there's a great deal of curiosity about this fictional character — Captain.
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