William Shatner, Captain James Kirk in the saga of the science fiction universe Star Trek, will pass “the final frontier”, although not with the mythical spacecraft USS Enterprise, but with the Blue Origin spacecraft of the company of billionaire Jeff Bezos (the richest man in the world).
Shatner will fly into space next week aboard Blue Origin's next spaceflight, on October 12 . Not only will Shatner become the first sci-fi actor to leave the atmosphere, but he will also be the oldest person to go into space, at 90 years old. He will thus surpass the legend of Mercury 13, Wally Funk, who at the age of 82 was recently the oldest person to fly into space.
"It is never too late to experience new things, " Shatner said on his Twitter account, where he has more than 2.4 million followers.
The space tourist flight will also carry Audrey Powers, vice president of mission and flight operations for Blue Origin and other paying passengers.
The trip will last only 10 minutes, reaching no more than 106 kilometers and will include a short stay in microgravity, which will allow the actor to experience first-hand what space really feels like the character for whom we all remember him and will remember him. forever.
