PHOTOS: Blue Origin Launches William Shatner, Others to Space

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LM Otero/AP
Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket launches, carrying passengers William Shatner, Chris Boshuizen, Audrey Powers and Glen de Vries from its spaceport near Van Horn, Texas, Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2021. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
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Spectators watch as Blue Origin’s New Shepard flies toward space carrying 90-year-old Star Trek actor William Shatner and three other civilians on Oct. 13, 2021 near Van Horn, Texas. Shatner will become the oldest person to fly into space on the ten minute flight.
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Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images
The New Shepard rocket launches on Oct. 13, 2021, from the West Texas region, 25 miles north of Van Horn.
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Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images
The New Shepard capsule lands on Oct. 13, 2021, from the West Texas region, 25 miles north of Van Horn.
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LM Otero/AP
Observers watch Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket launch from its spaceport near Van Horn, Texas, Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2021.
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Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images
Cookies in the shape of the logos of Blue Origin (bottom) and “Star Trek’s” Star Fleet Command are set on a table before the New Shepard NS-18 launch on Oct. 13, 2021, from the West Texas region, 25 miles north of Van Horn.
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Courtesy Blue Origin
The crew of NS-18, from left, Glen de Vries, William Shatner, Audrey Powers, during astronaut training.
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Blue Origin
This undated photo made available by Blue Origin in October 2021 shows, from left, Chris Boshuizen, William Shatner, Audrey Powers and Glen de Vries. Their launch scheduled for Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2021 will be Blue Origin’s second passenger flight, using the same capsule and rocket that Jeff Bezos used for his own trup three months earlier.
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Blue Origin | Reuters
This photo provided by Blue Origin, Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket sits on a spaceport launch pad near Van Horn, Texas, Tuesday, July 20, 2021.
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