{"id":22446,"date":"2021-10-13T18:52:47","date_gmt":"2021-10-13T10:52:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/star-trek-star-reaches-space-on-top-of-blue-origins-new-shepard-rocket\/"},"modified":"2021-10-13T18:52:47","modified_gmt":"2021-10-13T10:52:47","slug":"star-trek-star-reaches-space-on-top-of-blue-origins-new-shepard-rocket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/star-trek-star-reaches-space-on-top-of-blue-origins-new-shepard-rocket\/","title":{"rendered":"Star Trek star reaches space on top of Blue Origin\u2019s New Shepard rocket"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Blue Origin launched their second human spaceflight today, marking the fifth New Shepard launch this year. On this flight of New Shepard, it carried a very special guest.<\/p>\n

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Onboard the rocket for Wednesday\u2019s launch was Star Trek star William Shatner, who played the original Captain Kirk in the early tv show and movies. Along with Shatner are three other crew members: two paying customers, Chris Boshuizen and Glen de Vries, and a representative from Blue Origin, Audrey Powers.<\/p>\n

At 90 years old, Shatner is now the oldest person to go to space. He passes Wally Funk, who launched on Blue Origin\u2019s first human flight back in July.<\/p>\n

The launch of the New Shepard marked its 18th successful flight. Taking its crew to just over 100 km for their quick stay in space and flight in zero-g. During the countdown, there were two rather lengthy holds, we saw something similar during NS-16. It seems like according to a post-launch conversation between Jeff Bezos and Shatner, one of the two holds sounded like it was due to an engine anomaly. Blue Origin has not commented on what caused the holds. <\/p>\n

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