Blue Origin recap: William Shatner 'overwhelmed' by 'moving' trip to space
Shatner, 90, is the oldest person ever to go to space.
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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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.
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
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
Astronauts will experience 3 to 4 minutes of weightlessness
During the 11-minute flight, the astronauts will experience about three to four minutes of weightlessness.
They'll also travel above the Karman Line, the internationally recognized boundary separating Earth's atmosphere from space.
Shatner set to become the oldest person to go to space
"Star Trek" star William Shatner, 90, is poised to become the oldest person ever to go to space.
He'll beat the record set by 82-year-old Wally Funk during July's inaugural New Shepard launch.
'I am so filled with emotion,' Shatner says
Jeff Bezos, Blue Origin's founder, joined friends and family as they greeted the astronauts who exited the capsule one by one.
Bezos sprayed bottles of champagne to celebrate the safe and historic launch.
"Everybody in the world needs to do this," Shatner, who was overcome with emotion, told Bezos.
"It was so moving. This experience has been something unbelievable," he said. "The blue down there, the black up there."
"You have done something," Shatner said to Bezos. "What you have given me is the most profound experience. I am so filled with emotion."
He went on, "I hope that I can maintain what I feel now. I don't want to lose it. I am overwhelmed."
As for the camaraderie with the crew, the actor said, "It's like being in battle together."