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Emotion. gio benitez was there for the launch, later speaking with the planets newest space travelers. >> reporter: tonight, history made. "star treks" captain kirk, william shatner, boldly going to the final frontier and back. >> william shatner. >> reporter: at 90 years old, becoming the oldest person ever to blast off into space. more than five decades after "star trek" began. >> welcome aboard, captain. >> reporter: today, traveling aboard amazon founder jeff bezos blue origin spacecraft, al...

Have been deployed in the capsule making its way back down to the earth surface. so, it appears somewhere standing to be moving quite slowly. this whole journey, this lasting lesson of ii quite slowly. this whole journey, this lasting lesson of 11 minutes. remarkably he can go up to the edge of space and experience the weightlessness and look back at planet earth and looked back down in less than a quarter of an hour. lets turn to syria now. thousands of wives and children of islamic state group...

Atmosphere, landed in texas this morning. and the second civilian launch for jeff bezos blue origin. heres the moment of takeoff. >> t-minus ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four -- command engine start. two, one. >> she has cleared the tower and is on her space with the second human space flight crew. >> at its peak, the blue origin space capsule traveled nearly 350,000 feet aboveground level, reaching speeds of upwards of 2,000 miles per hour. in total, the mission lasted a little more than...

Flew shatner as a guest along with audrey powers and two paying customers. it lasted just ten minutes from takeoff to landing. they experienced about three minutes of weightlessness before the capsule started its descent back to earth. >> there go the parachutes. >> reporter: the live stream captured shatner sharing his thoughts with his shipmates. >> that was unlike anything they described. >> reporter: after landing safely, they secured the capsule and bezos himself did the honors. cheers as e...

>> reporter: geoff, there really is nothing like it, on both sides here. we were in the city of van horn for the last launch in late july. this time we were just a few miles away from where that rocket rose from the west texas desert. there were two holds that took place but it did take off on a blue sky sunshine day. by all accounts from everyone who witnessed the moment, it was a seamless mission from start to finish. i can tell you that as the rocket comes up, you can see it in the sky before...

To come down significantly, and right now, blue origin still is not saying how much it is selling its seats for. i asked the two paying customers today what did it cost they did say whatever it was, they believe that it was worth it. >> kristen, theres something as you know called the overview effect that sometimes happens to those who see earth from space for the first time. is that what shatner experienced? >> you know, wolf, some experts say that it takes longer than four minutes of weightles...

Experienced about three minutes of weightlessness before the capsule started its descent back to earth. >> that was unlike anything they described. >> after landing safely, a blue origin team secured the capsule, and bezos himself did the honors. >> hello, astronauts. >> cheers as each of the four passengers walked out of the capsule, including captain kirk himself. >> captain kirk himself, the great william shatner. >> shatner telling bezos, it all happened so quickly. >> unbelievable. unbeliev...

Feet, more than 60 miles above the earths surface providing quite a view and an experience needless to say for the four on board. >> what you have given me is th most profound experience i coul have. i am so filled with emotion about what just happened. >> brand-new video just into fo now released by blue origin showing the first interiors of the mission in in particular th three or four minutes that they experience weightlessness as they floated around that space capsule. remember, it was back ...

Star trek icon william shatner became the oldest person ever to travel to space. shatner and three other passengers were propelled from the desert of west texas to the edge of outer space aboard a new shepherd spacecraft developed by jeff bezos rocket company, blue origin. its the same spacecraft that took bezos to space this summer. bezos, a lifelong star trek fan, flew shatner as a guest along with blue origin executive audrey powers, and two paying customers. the out of this world adventure l...