William Shatner becomes the oldest man to travel to space at age 90

William Shatner becomes the oldest man to travel to space at age 90

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15 October 2021

Jeff Bezo’s Blue Origin has successfully completed its second human spaceflight with the launch of the New Shepard rocket. The mission included four astronauts and one of them was the writer, actor, and Captain Kirk himself, William Shatner.

William Shatner at the age of 90 became the oldest man in the world to travel in space. The other members of the crew were the company's boss of flight operations Audrey Powers, former NASA engineer Dr. Chris Boshuizen, scientist and businessman Glen de Vries, and the 90-year-old Shatner.

The capsule was successfully detached and the crew experienced some moments of weightlessness and enjoyed panoramic views of the Earth and surrounding space environment.

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