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This week, as you no doubt know by now, legendary actor william shatner became the oldest person ever to travel to space. >> two, one. >> shatner was one of four passengers aboard the second human flight of the new shepherd spacecraft, the one developed by jeff bezos's rocket company blue origin. i had the pleasure of speaking to him before he left, and also when he came back to earth and the significance of his historic flight was sinking in. here is our conversation that first aired today for my streaming show, "full circle." >> can you just talk about, a, how are you feeling now? and how do...

>> [silence]. >> [engine revving]. >> thanks for joining us live. second human flight. william shatner and 2 customers on board. they are well on their way to space. a clean burn on our blue engine 3. a blue wave flight to space this morning. the rocket is climbing towards

Flight. the big difference is having the heat shield. that's a technology that is difficult. we had a problem with the heat shield on the columbia flight back in 2003 which caused an accident. that's a leap in technology. the space-x company has done that. blue origin is working on that. virginia galattic doesn't need to because they don't plan to go to orbit. >> bill: wally was 82 and an astronaut and went up in july.bo orbit. >> bill: wally was 82 and an astronaut and went up in july. she said he was disappointed. do you think astronauts now, space tourists, but astronaut would be disappoint...

Barrett have been in the courtroom doing business since february 2020. the prisoner is in a super max prison. will he be put to death? the attorney general wants to. will the 9 justices agree. >> bill: 10 a.m. eastern time. >> dana: the flight to take william shatner to space. he turned 90 earlier this year would make history as the oldest man to go to space. neil cavuto interviewed shatner earlier. space travel is for the young and fit. shatner is mentally and physically active at 90. this is fulfilling a vision that regular people can also go to

Technology and innovation, so i think it's great. anytime we can get private industry to invest a dollar in space exploration, it's a dollar less that the u.s. taxpayer, that you and i have to pay. i think that's great, as well. >> we now have just under 26 minutes to go. there was that temporary hold, but now jeff bezos is shaking hands with the astronauts. it looks like he's giving a final hug to audrey powers right now. tom costello, speak to that. besides william shatner, captain kirk, talk about who's onboard. because audrey power, she's been with blue origin since 2013. she played a lead...