Hollywood
actor William Shatner has become the oldest person to go to space as he blasted
off aboard the Blue Origin sub-orbital capsule.
The 90-year-old, who played
Captain James T Kirk in the Star Trek films and TV series, took off from the
Texas desert with three other individuals.
Mr Shatner's trip on the
rocket system - developed by Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos - lasted about 10
minutes.
The craft safely landed
just after 10:00 local time (16:00 BST).
Those aboard got to
experience a short period of weightlessness as they climbed to a maximum
altitude just above 100km (60 miles). From there they were able to see the
curvature of the Earth through the capsule's big windows.
"Everybody in the
world needs to do this," the Canadian actor told Mr Bezos after landing
back on Earth. "It was unbelievable."
-Drifter
