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>> so there was an issue with the fan that essentially circulates air inside butch wilmore suit keep in mind, these are big heavy spacesuits. they've gotten better than the big heavy clunky silver suits from the apollo holidays, but they're still hot this is florida in the summer time, right. so you have to have a fan, you have to have air circulating inside this suit or these astronauts can overheat so that seems to be the issue but i believe they have just gotten it resolved. the astronauts just put their advisers back down. so that's always a good sign, elson. >> okay. kristinn charles stic...

The much delayed first crewed flight of Boeing's Starliner is now being planned for mid-April.

Preview. >> reporter: he led the u.s.s. enterprise on an intergalactic odyssey, now he will get to go on his own odyssey. >> things i've only played as an actor i'm going to see firsthand. >> reporter: "star trek's" iconic captain james kirk will soon get to go to space for real. >> i'm thrilled and anxious and a little nervous and a little frightened about this whole new adventure. >> reporter: blue origin announced on monday that actor william shatner will be on the company's next flight alongside audrey powers, blue origin's vice president of mission and flight operations. >> 2, 1. >> repor...

Enterprise on an intergalactic odyssey. now, he will get to go on his own odyssey. >> things i've only played as an actor, i am going to see firsthand. >> reporter: "star trek's" iconic captain james kirk will soon get to go to space, for real. >> i'm thrilled. and -- and anxious and a little nervous. and a little frightened about this whole new adventure. >> reporter: blue origin announced on monday that actor william shatner will be on the company's next flight, alongside audrey powers, blue origin's vice president of mission and flight operations. >> two, one. >> reporter: shatner, powers, ...

Really became a family. and so, yes, anytime you're going into space, it is incredibly risky. but spacex felt very confident that they had a safe vehicle. this is now the fourth crewed mission that spacex has launched into space. and of course, this comes after this nearly decades-long desert of u.s. astronauts being launched from u.s. soil after the retirement of the space shuttle fleet. so truly, we're witnessing this new era of space travel and really, you know, i've been down to a lot of launches. this is the very first launch that i've been to, first crewed launch where nasa really had no...