JUST IN: William Shatner, who played the iconic role of Captain Kirk on "Star Trek," has launched into space on a Blue Origin flight. This flight made Shatner, 90, the oldest person ever to travel to space, beating the record set just a few months ago by 82-year-old Wally Funk, who was a former astronaut trainee. Live updates: https://cnn.it/3BFrceb | CNN

78K views · 440 reactions | Blue Origin released video of William Shatner’s first weightless moments in space. On Wednesday, the 90-year-old actor became the oldest person to ever go to space on a flight that lasted 10 minutes and reached an altitude of nearly 66 miles. After returning to Earth, Shatner was emotional saying, "I hope I never recover, that I can maintain what I feel now. I don't want to lose it. It's so much larger than me and life.” | cheddar news | Facebook

64K views · 1.2K reactions | Here's William Shatner on a higher plane than we'll ever reach, at the 1978 Science Fiction Film Awards. Happy 93rd Birthday to the TV and real-life rocket man!  "We were basically one and the same, although Jim [Kirk] was just about perfect, and, of course, I am perfect." | Vintage Geek | Facebook