William Shatner in tears after historic space flight: ‘I’m so filled with emotion’

Star Trek actor, 90, says ‘I hope I never recover from this’ after becoming oldest human in space on Jeff Bezos rocket New ShepardThe Star Trek actor William Shatner declared himself “overwhelmed” at becoming the oldest human in space, at the age of 90, during a brief but successful second crewed flight on Wednesday of Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket ship from the west Texas desert.The Canadian, who for four decades played Captain James Kirk, the fearless commander of the USS Enterprise, broke down in tears at the landing site as he described to the private space company ’s founder, the Amazon tycoon Jeff Bezos, the profundity of his almost 11-minute leap to the stars.Continue reading...

Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - October 13, 2021 Category: Science Authors: Richard Luscombe Tags: Space Jeff Bezos Science Technology Star Trek Culture US television & radio Source Type: news