William Shatner is about to be the oldest person ever blasted into space. Here's everything you need to know

William Shatner — who gained international fame playing the iconic role of Captain Kirk on “Star Trek” — will make a very real trek to outer space today, if only for a brief suborbital joyride aboard a New Shepard rocket. It’s the same one that took Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos to space this summer.
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