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WILLIAM SHATNER: Captain Kirk, the role I'd played in the original 1960s Star Trek series was a spacefaring hero. But I was a real-life 90-year-old relying on the help of Medicare.
Under an image of Richard Woods' 'Small House' installation at Southwark Cathedral, Fergus Butler Gaillie....
The 91-year-old actor - who is known for his starring role as Captain Kirk in the 'Star Trek' franchise - became the oldest person ever to reach space when he blasted off on Jeff Bezos's New Shepard NS-18 rocket in October 2021 but has revealed that the experience wasn't as ""beautiful"" as he thought it was going to be
Star Trek star William Shatner described the void of actual space as "ominous darkness," though he said he was finally able to see the true beauty of Earth below.
Shatner became the oldest living person to travel to space when he took a ride on Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin space shuttle last year at 90.