William Shatner has become the oldest person ever to go into space.It comes after the 90-year-old Star Trek actor took part in a Blue Origin rocket flight from Texas this afternoon (October 13) which saw him go above the internationally recognised boundary of space known as the Karman Line, reaching about 66 miles above Earth.Shatner’s trip on the flight – developed by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, who was also on the flight – lasted about 10 minutes.After touching down, the actor, who played Captain James T Kirk in the original Star Trek films and TV series, said to Bezos: “What you have given me is the most profound experience… I’m so filled with emotion about what just happened.“I hope I never recover from this.
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