Star Trek’s Captain Kirk rocketing into space next week

By MARCIA DUNN

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Star Trek’s Captain Kirk is rocketing into abstraction this period — boldly going wherever nary different sci-fi actors person gone.

Jeff Bezos’ abstraction question company, Blue Origin, announced Monday that William Shatner volition blast disconnected from West Texas connected Oct. 12.

At property 90, Shatner volition go the oldest idiosyncratic successful space. He’ll articulation 3 others — 2 of them paying customers — aboard a Blue Origin capsule. It volition beryllium the company’s 2nd motorboat with a crew.

Bezos was connected the debut formation successful July, on with his member and the youngest and oldest to alert successful space. Shatner volition interruption that precocious threshold by six years.

“I’ve heard astir abstraction for a agelong clip now. I’m taking the accidental to spot it for myself. What a miracle,” Shatner said successful a statement.

Also flying with Shatner: a erstwhile NASA technologist who founded a nanosatellite company; the co-founder of a bundle institution specializing successful objective research; and a Blue Origin employee. The up-and-down abstraction hop volition past 10 minutes and scope nary higher than astir 66 miles (106 kilometers).

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