Shatner becomes oldest space traveller

By Mike Blake
Updated October 14 2021 - 2:57am, first published 2:52am
Canadian actor William Shatner told Jeff Bezos being in space had been a profound experience.
Canadian actor William Shatner told Jeff Bezos being in space had been a profound experience.

Actor William Shatner has soared aboard a Blue Origin rocketship on a suborbital trip and landed in the Texas desert to become at age 90 the oldest person ever in space - an experience he called profound - as US billionaire businessman Jeff Bezos's company carried out its second tourist flight.