TV’s ‘Captain Kirk’ goes to space, for real this time
The Hindu
William Shatner became the oldest person to fly into space
Life imitated art as actor William Shatner, 90, who played the iconic Star Trek character Captain James T. Kirk, became the oldest person to fly into space on Wednesday morning.
Mr. Shatner was part of a crew of four, in ‘New Shepard’, a space capsule from Blue Origin, Jeff Bezos’s spaceflight company.
The age record was held for a few months by Wally Funk, 82, who was part of a crewed Blue Origin flight that went into space on July 20.
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