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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. >> i'm going to see in the vastness of space and the fragility the earth and i'm going to continue that. >> liftoff is a scheduled board 10:00 a.m. eastern. that is so exciting. can't wait. >> can't believe he's 90. >> i was thinking the same thing. >> did he get that seat on ...

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, he's understandably anxious before hurdling into space at three times the speed of sound. that's more than 2200 miles an hour. and he'll go 62 miles above the earth. have a listen. >> my fear is as you go up, that you can't draw a breath. that apparently is not going to happen. that's what they say. i'm quite ...

>> 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 origin's 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. it's extraordinary, extraordinary. i hope i never recover from this. i hope i can maintain what i feel now. i don't want to lose it. >> joining us from the blue origin launch site is nbc's morgan chesky. morgan, you were closer to this launch than the last one. describe what that ...

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: that opportunity is now here. and 90-year-old shatner seems surprised, himself. >> because 55 years ag...