William Shatner, the Star Trip star that located fame by claiming a Hollywood soundstage was a spaceship exploring the galaxy, will certainly be launched to the edge of room for real following week in a rocket built by Blue Origin, billionaire Jeff Bezos’ room business.

Shatner, best known as Captain Kirk in the initial Celebrity Trip television collection, will belong to a four-person team aboard Blue Beginning’s New Shepard launch automobile on the flight scheduled for the early morning of Oct 12, the company said on Monday.

“I have actually become aware of space for a long time currently,” Shatner, 90, said in a declaration launched by Blue Beginning. “I’m taking the opportunity to see it for myself. What a wonder.” In July, Bezos, the owner of Amazon, skyrocketed regarding 66.5 miles (107 km) above the Texas desert aboard a New Shepard launch automobile and also returned safely to Planet.

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Blue Origin stated pioneering female pilot Wally Funk, 82, was the earliest person to reach area when she joined Bezos on the July trip. Shatner is readied to damage that document.

The actor is flying as a guest of Blue Beginning, but the company says it has likewise marketed virtually $100 million in tickets to paying customers, though it has actually not claimed how many.

Shatner will be joined by Chris Boshuizen, a former NASA designer; Glen de Vries, a professional research study entrepreneur; as well as Audrey Powers, a Blue Beginning vice president and also engineer. It was not immediately clear whether they were Celebrity Trip fans.

Bezos founded Blue Origin in 2000. New Shepard hurtled at rates reaching 2,233 miles (3,595 kilometres) per hour, going beyond the Karman Line – 62 miles (100 km) directly – set by an international aeronautics body to define the boundary in between Earth’s atmosphere as well as room.