(Screenshot/Blue Origin)

By CKOM News

THE FINAL FRONTIER

WATCH:William Shatner becomes oldest person to travel to space

Oct 13, 2021 | 11:28 AM

The last time William Shatner experienced space, it was aboard the fictional spacecraft, Starship Enterprise as Captain Kirk.

The 90-year-old Canadian actor got to experience the real thing on Wednesday morning when he and three others blasted off aboard the Blue Origin over the West Texas desert.

The up-and-down flight lasted about 10 minutes and included a brief period of zero gravity with Shatner and his three fellow passengers parachuting back to Earth in the capsule.

Afterwards, Shatner was very thankful to Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos.

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“What you have given me is the most profound experience I can imagine,” Shatner said. “I’m so filled with emotion about what happened. It’s extraordinary.”

The Star Trek hero is the oldest person to travel to space.

-with files from the Canadian Press.