Captain Kirk is about to blast off into space for real. William Shatner who played the fictional space ship captain in the 1960's T.V. series Star Trek is 90. On October 12th Shatner will blast off with 3 other people on board. It will be Blue Origin's second launch. That's Jeff Bezos space travel company. Joining him for the 10 minute ride into space will be a former NASA engineer, the co-founder of a soft wear company and an employee of Blue Origin. The flight will travel 66 miles high and come back down. Shatner says: "I've heard about space for a long time. I'm taking the opportunity to see it for myself. What a miracle."
Source: USA Today
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