Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin launched its New Shepard rocket for the fifth time this year on Wednesday, with Canadian actor William Shatner joining.
Called NS-18, this New Shepard mission carried a crew of four: Shatner, Blue Origin VP of mission and flight operations Audrey Powers, Planet Labs co-founder Chris Boshuizen and Medidata co-founder Glen de Vries.
Shatner, who famously played Capt. Kirk in the original “Star Trek” television series, is now the oldest person to fly into space, at 90.
