William Shatner, 90, , Becomes Oldest Person To Go to Space.<br />Shatner blasted off into space aboard <br />the Blue Origin rocket, New Horizon, on Oct. 13.<br />Shatner blasted off into space aboard <br />the Blue Origin rocket, New Horizon, on Oct. 13.<br />The iconic celebrity broke the record for the oldest <br />person to go to space, previously held by Wally Funk.<br />The iconic celebrity broke the record for the oldest <br />person to go to space, previously held by Wally Funk.<br />On board for the flight was billionaire Jeff Bezos, <br />Blue Origin and Amazon founder.<br />The Blue Origin experience is an 11-minute, <br />sub-orbital flight... .<br />... in which passengers experience zero-gravity for three minutes.<br />Upon his return to earth, Shatner stated, "everybody in the world needs to do this.".<br />I’m so filled with emotion with what just happened. I hope I never recover from this, William Shatner, via Consequence.<br />He also tweeted out a quote attributed to <br />Sir Isaac Newton.<br />I do not know what I may appear to the world, but to myself I seem to have been <br />only like a boy playing on <br />the seashore, .., William Shatner, Twitter, via Consequence.<br />... diverting myself in now & then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me, William Shatner, Twitter, via Consequence.<br />William Shatner is best known for portraying James T. Kirk.<br />Captain of the Starship Enterprise in the 'Star Trek' franchise.<br />His return to earth is also marked by the release of a new spoken-word albulm, 'BILL,' featuring Joe Jonas.<br />His return to earth is also marked by the release of a new spoken-word albulm, 'BILL,' featuring Joe Jonas.<br />According to the company, Shatner's flight upon <br />the Blue Origin was the "19th consecutive <br />successful crew capsule landing."
