now i'm an adult in a spaceship. >> reporter: days later blue origin founder jeff bezos got his turn becoming one of his company's first astronauts. >> weightlessness. >> reporter: captain kirk himself, actor william shatner,experienced a few minutes of weightlessness on blue origin's next flight. >> it was unbelievable. >> reporter: but they were all topped by this fall's inspiration4 mission, the first all civilian trip to orbit, three days circling the earth. 29 astronauts worldwide flew to space this year. >> it's a real experience. it kind of opens your eyes to how much more there is out there we don't really experience in our day to day lives. >> reporter: today's passengers on blue origin's mission, four paying customers. venture capitalist lane bess and son cameron will be the first parent-child duo in space. dylan taylor a space industry investor and evan dick, an engineer and investor.