William Shatner is ready to make history! The 90-year-old “Star Trek” alum is set to fly into space on Wednesday with Blue Origin, the company founded by Jeff Bezos, as one of four passengers on board the New Shepard NS-18 ship.
Speaking with several morning shows on Monday, Shatner revealed to “CBS Mornings” that while there were many reasons he wanted to go to space, the bragging rights don’t hurt as he will be the oldest person to ever travel the final frontier. “I wanted to claim that I was the oldest person that went into [space],” he said of the title. “I want to see space, I want to see the Earth, I want to see what we need to do to save Earth.
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