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Livestream: Watch Blue Origin send William Shatner into space
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(Pocket-lint) – Blue Origin, Jeff Bezos’ space company , has announced its next large-scale space flight: in two weeks, it will launch a 90-year-old man to an altitude of about 100 km above Earth. Who is this person? None other than Captain James T Kirk of the USS Enterprise.
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That’s right: actor William Shatner soars to the great afterlife in real life via Blue Origin’s New Shepard NS-18 rocket. He will be considered the oldest person to fly in space, a record previously held by Aviator Wally Flunk, who made Blue Origin’s first crewed flight to New Shepard just a few months ago. If you’re a Star Trek fan who wants to see Kirk take off, or maybe you want to be a part of history by watching the oldest person in space, here’s how.
When is Shatner’s Blue Origin space flight?
Shatner will take to space with Blue Origin on Tuesday, October 12, 2021 at approximately 8:30 a.m. CDT. Here are a few different local times:
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- 9:30 a.m. ET
- 6:30 a.m. (Pacific time)
- 2:30 p.m. BST
Who is joining Shatner’s Blue Origin space flight?
Shatner will be accompanied on the flight by the following teammates:
- Audrey Powers, Vice President of Blue Origin
- Chris Boshuizen, a former NASA engineer who co-founded Planet Labs
- Glen de Vries, co-founder of Medidata and vice-president of Dassault Systèmes
TMZ has claimed that Shatner’s flight will be filmed as part of a documentary.
How far in space does Shatner fly?
Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket is designed to be launched vertically. It will take off from Launch Site 1 in West Texas and carry four passengers in a crew capsule that sits atop. It will climb to an altitude of 62 miles (100 kilometers) above the Earth. At this point, the capsule and rocket should separate and the two parts will fall back to Earth (with the capsule and passengers hopefully landing safely). In total, the flight will last about 10 minutes.
How to watch Shatner fly in space
Blue Origin said it will host live launch coverage on BlueOrigin.com at T-90 minutes. Take-off is currently scheduled for 8:30 a.m. CDT.
Written by Maggie Tillman. Originally published on .
