90-year-old Canadian actor William Shatner will boldly go where few people have dared to go before today.This will soon make Shatner, who is famed for his role as Star Trek’s Captain Kirk, the oldest person ever to go into space.Shatner was invited to fly with Bezos’ four-person crew by the Amazon billionaire, who is a huge fan of the hit 1960s TV series that made the actor a household name.
Lift-off was supposed to take place yesterday, but it was delayed by 24 hours because of high winds at the launch site.The second ever crewed Blue Origin flight will blast off from the Texas desert at 10am EDT and UK viewers can watch the launch live at 3pm on Blue Origin’s YouTube channel.
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