William Shatner
William Shatner is an actor and oldest person in space at the time. That professional background preceded Shatner's participation in Blue Origin's human-spaceflight program.
- Born
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- Died
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- Birthplace
- Canada
Flights
1
Spacewalks
N/A
EVA time
N/A
In space
1 suborbital flight
Bio
NS-18 launched on October 13, 2021 aboard New Shepard, with Shatner serving as Astronaut.
New Shepard launches vertically from West Texas, carries its autonomous crew above the atmosphere, and returns the capsule under parachutes while the lands separately under power. William Shatner therefore has 1 completed spaceflight; backup, training, canceled, and future assignments are excluded from that total. The mission connected Shatner's professional experience with direct work aboard a crewed spacecraft and a completed flight assignment. The flight converted that professional background into direct experience of launch, weightlessness, Earth viewing, , and recovery.