Canadian actor William Shatner, who played the role of Captain Kirk in the TV series “Star Trek”, will fly into space on the ship of the Blue Origin company of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos in October, TMZ reports.
It is reported that Shatner will have to be part of the second crew, which will fly on board the New Shepard ship. The flight will last only 15 minutes.
It is noted that in this case Shatner will become the oldest person who has ever been in space.
Earlier, the American billionaire, the head of SpaceX and Tesla, Elon Musk, said that the Starship spacecraft could land astronauts on the Moon earlier than 2024.In addition, according to the businessman, humanity should master other planets. In particular, in order to move there in the event of a global catastrophe on Earth.
Last year, Washington announced the resumption of the Artemis lunar program, within which the return and permanent presence of a person on the moon is planned.