Captain James T. Kirk will be travelling to space for real this time, with news that actor William Shatner is scheduled to blast off next month on board Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin New Shepard rocket.
Shatner, 90, will become to oldest person ever to go into space, beating out pioneering 82-year-old pilot Wally Funk, who travelled with Bezos into space in July.
The 15-minute flight, and the run-up to it, will be filmed for a documentary.
Star Trek legend Shatner had previously tweeted a mocked-up image of him in an astronaut suit, encouraging NASA to send him out.
"BTW @NASA - just in case; the suit does fit!" he wrote.
BTW @NASA - just in case; the suit does fit! 😉😝 #LaunchAmerica #AstroBill 🚀🛰 pic.twitter.com/Wa9DuV08Vt
— William Shatner (@WilliamShatner) May 20, 2020
Shatner's fellow crew on the proposed flight have not yet been named.
Sidenote, did you know William Shatner has a new album titled 'Bill' out now? Enjoy.
Order the Audio CD of my Album "Bill" now on Amazon: 👇🏻https://t.co/7sOOIMYv56 (US)https://t.co/6btYC0NRAb
— William Shatner (@WilliamShatner) September 25, 2021
It's now out!😱🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 #ppt pic.twitter.com/hF9sI5m0Ow
© AAP 2021
Image Credit: IMDB & Len Edgerly, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
