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>> now if anyone thought that william shatner was perhaps exaggerating just how profoundly he was impacted by his time in space, watch what he did while he was weightless. this is video that was just released by blue origin of those four precious minutes of weightlessness. and other people are kind of floating around and whatnot but you can see william shatner in just a moment, right there, just pressing his face in front of the window as he said he wanted to do. in just a minute he'll turn around and say, wow! and so shatner telling everyone that he wants them to have this experience, too, bu...

Before. >> yeah. it's amazing. >> dana: now just be there an hour and a half before the flight. >> you think what mike went through. the rigorous process. all kidding aside, we should never take this cavalierly or lightly. going into space is not like taking a jet blue flight. there are a lot of risks to it. we are getting used to this. but the fact of the matter is it's still dangerous. we have to keep that in mind. bill, to your point, what might prompt a delay. it could be winds or something in the capsule or just getting all seated and ready. time is tight on this mission. it's a 10 minute...

Weightlessness before coming back down. >> and why was this so important to william shatner? >> he took us into space with "star trek" in the '60s. and i think that the fact that he has created this new interest, i mean i'm sure more people watched the launch this morning than have watched the launch in probably the last decade. i mean he is an extraordinary man, he always embraced the next technology. when the phone rings for him the answer is always yes. i'm sure very few people have

Owned byjeff bezos. this is blue origin rocket lifting off in texas. william shatner was one of five on board — the being a former nasa engineer and three executives from different companies. and then as you can see the parachutes deployed safely — and the crew were back on earth 12 minutes later. for 3 of those minutes, they'd experienced weightlessness as they up around 100 kilometres and beyond the boundary of space. here's william shatner, speaking tojeff bezos, minutes after returning to earth. what you have given me is the most profound experience i can imagine. i am so filled with e...

Space. jason carroll is outfront. >> about to go with very few humans have gone before. >> reporter: he was not the captain on this mission but one would never know it because for the ten minute 17 second trip to space, all eyes were on blue origin's most famous passenger, william shatner. "star trek's" captain, james t. kirk. >> no description. >> reporter: shatner and the crew onboard jeff bezos' blue origin capsule soared to an altitude of more than 347,000 feet. making shatner who is 90 the oldest person to reach space. the trip included just a few minutes of weightlessness and a view of t...