90-year-old actor who played Captain Kirk in Star Trek will become the oldest person to reach space
William Shatner, who played Captain James T Kirk in Star Trek, has confirmed that he will go to space this month on the second launch staged by the Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’s space travel company, Blue Origin.
Shatner, 90, will take off from West Texas on 12 October, making him the oldest person to travel to space.