Blue Origin recap: William Shatner 'overwhelmed' by 'moving' trip to space

Shatner, 90, is the oldest person ever to go to space.

ByEmily Shapiro
Last Updated: October 13, 2021, 8:02 PM EDT

Actor William Shatner and his three crewmates on Blue Origin's New Shepard have returned to Earth after a 10-minute trip to space.

Shatner, 90, is the oldest person ever to go to space.

The "Star Trek" star joined Audrey Powers, Blue Origin's vice president of mission and flight operations and a former NASA flight controller and engineer; Chris Boshuizen, the co-founder of satellite company Planet Labs and a former space mission architect for NASA; and Glen de Vries, the co-founder of Medidata Solutions, a life science company.

This was Blue Origin's second crewed mission to space.

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Here's how the news is developing. All times Eastern.
Oct 13, 2021, 10:11 AM EDT

Shatner boards

William Shatner has boarded New Shepard.

Bezos greeted each astronaut individually with hugs and well-wishes as they boarded the capsule.

Next up is the closing of the hatch.

Oct 13, 2021, 10:04 AM EDT

Astronauts ascend the tower, accompanied by Bezos

The astronauts were seen ascending the tower ahead of the historic spaceflight.

Blue Origin CEO Jeff Bezos accompanied the astronauts as they entered the shelter to prepare for ingress. Shatner was grinning as the team made the final preparations for launch.

Oct 13, 2021, 9:58 AM EDT

Bezos chauffeurs astronauts to launch tower

The countdown clock was paused for approximately 30 minutes as Blue Origin teams assessed launch conditions on the ground, but the astronauts are en route to the launch pad.

In this still image taken from a Blue Origin video, the New Shepard rocket sits on the launch pad prior to lift off on Oct. 13, 2021, from the West Texas region, 25 miles, north of Van Horn.
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Blue Origin's Jeff Bezos, who went to space himself in July, chauffeured the four astronauts to the launch tower as workers cheered.

-ABC News' Catherine Thorbecke

Oct 13, 2021, 9:16 AM EDT

NASA wishes Shatner 'all the best' on his flight to space

NASA sent a good luck tweet to William Shatner Wednesday morning ahead of the actor's trip to the edge of space.

-ABC News' Catherine Thorbecke