'Star Trek' star Shatner space-bound with Blue Origin
Van Horn (United States) (AFP) - "Star Trek" actor William Shatner is set to boldly go where no 90-year-old has gone before when he blasts off to space Wednesday on Blue Origin's second crewed mission. The Canadian -- who will forever be known to the sci-fi show's legion of "Trekkies" as Captain James Tiberius Kirk -- will launch from the company's West Texas base at 9 am (1400 GMT), after a day's delay due to high winds. He will be joined on the New Shepard rocket by Blue Origin executive Audrey Powers, Planet Labs co-founder Chris Boshuizen, and Glen de Vries, a co-founder of clinical resear......
Oct 13, 2021