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Jeff bezos's rocket company blue origin. it's the same craft that took bezos to space this summer. bezos, a lifelong star trek fan, brought shatner as a guest along with audrey powers and two paying customers. the out of this world adventure lasting just ten minutes from take off to landing leaving all four passengers including shatner mesmerized by the view. >> weightlessness. oh, jesus. no description. >> this is nuts! >> oh, god. >> reporter: shatner and his crew mates experienced three minutes of weightlessness before the capsule started its descent back to earth. >> there go the pair chut...

Am -- himself did the honors. [ applause ] >> reporter: cheers as each of the four passengers walked out of the capsule, including captain kirk himself. >> captain kirk himself, the great william shatner. >> reporter: shatner telling bezos, it all happened so quickly. >> unbelievable, unbelievable. i mean, the little things have weightlessness. but to see the blue color. now you're staring at blackness. >> reporter: shatner clearly taken aback by the gravity of the moment. >> i'm so filled with emotion about what just happened. it's extraordinary, extraordinary. i hope i never recover from thi...

Okay? and the most captivating show ended up being on the ground after. why? because of shatner's completely authentic, human, just sense of being overwhelmed by what he just experienced. it's worth a watch. >> so moving. this experience, it's something unbelievable. you see -- weightlessness, my stomach went up, it's so weird. but not as weird as the covering of blue. oh, it's one thing to say, oh, the sky and the fragile -- but what is unknown is this pillow, this soft blue. look at the beauty of that color. and it's so thin. and you're through it in an instant. is it a mile, two miles? >> i...

Miles above earth. you'll remember, richard branson and virgin galactic, they went 50 miles above earth, that is blue origin's one-upmanship here. and that is when they're going to feel three minutes of weightlessness. they can unstrap from their seats, you see floating here right now. they're going to be able to explore. look at these huge windows. they're about 2 1/2 by 3 1/2 feet wide. they're really big. they're the biggest windows to fly into space. this is the three minutes of fun here, and it's a quick three minutes. then that crew capsule will start falling back to earth. gravity will ...

T time. i ended up looking up at the earth instead of down. so everything changes, of course. >> you just made this 12-year-old boy very jealous as you describe that. i'm picturing my son with skittles, popping them into my mouth in weightlessness. i just learned something i didn't know. they've got to walk up. you picture all the launches -- the famous elevator rides, they've got to earn -- a few flights of stairs. they have to earn their right. >> definitely getting their steps in today. that is for sure, going up those st stairs. i have to say, dr. harris, i loved watching your face as you ...