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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The booster touched back down on Earth after launching Shatner and crew to space.
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Shatner soars to space in historic launch
The New Shepard carries Shatner and his crewmates to the edge of space, just the second crewed mission for Blue Origin.
The spaceflight will be about 11 minutes in total, with approximately three to four minutes of microgravity for the astronauts before they descend back to Earth.
-ABC News' Catherine Thorbecke
New Shepard is a ‘go’ for launch
The New Shepard is officially a “go” for launch, with less than 10 minutes on the countdown.
"I guess that's it, huh?" Shatner can be heard saying in the capsule.
-ABC News' Catherine Thorbecke
'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."