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Videos online questioning the withdraw. he hopes in taking a plea deal he will be honorably discharged. just hours from now, william shatner will make a space history. a crew of three will accompany the actor on board the new shepherd rocket and at 90 years old shatner will be the oldest person ever to travel into space. >> im going to see in the vastness of space and the fragility the earth and im going to continue that. >> liftoff is a scheduled board 10:00 a.m. eastern. that is so exciting. c...

Invitations, moments ago shatner and his three crewmates arrived at the site from a remote stretch in west texas where the launches come from, originally scheduled on tuesday, postponed a day due to dangerous rough winds. the 90-year-old shatner tells anderson cooper ahead of the launch, hes understandably anxious before hurdling into space at three times the speed of sound. thats more than 2200 miles an hour. and hell go 62 miles above the earth. have a listen. >> my fear is as you go up, that ...

>> and when he stepped back onto texas soil, 90-year-old shatner was the oldest person to ever travel to space. an emotional william shatner recounted the experience to blue origins jeff bezos. >> what you have given me is the most profound experience i can imagine. i am so filled with emotion at what just happened. its extraordinary, extraordinary. i hope i never recover from this. i hope i can maintain what i feel now. i dont want to lose it. >> joining us from the blue origin launch site is n...

Space. similar to what jeff bezos, his brother, and two others did during the summer. >> on tuesday morning, i go to the edge of space and -- and loosen the restraints around me and be weightless. and looking into the vastness of the universe. >> reporter: shatner who played captain kirk on the hit-television series "star trek," joked about this opportunity years ago. >> if you were given the opportunity to go into space, would you? >> if i got a guarantee that i would come back. >> reporter: th...