passengers who would share what they few who ve gone before say is a life changing experience. two, one. more than 50 years after he first donned a spacesuit as captain kirk, william shatner is now on his way to the final frontier. and there they are, over 328,000 feet. minutes later, as the new shepard crossed the internationally recognised boundary of space, he became the oldest person in the world to float there, weightless. and the actor who, for decades, played an iconic space explorer became one. and capsule touchdown. welcome down, the newest astronauts! he emerged from the capsule visibly moved by the adventure he said he hopes he never recovers from. firmly back on planet earth,
saying he was terrified, but he said his going to space was a miracle and it was extraordinary to be part of this new beginning of space travel. and capsule touchdown. welcome back, the newest astronauts. cheering. he emerged from the capsule, clearly moved by the experience he said he hopes he never recovers from. but to see the blue. wow! and now you are staring into blackness, that is the thing. what you have given me. ..is the most profound experience i can imagine. i m so filled with emotion about what just happened. i just. it s extraordinary. extraordinary. there may be debate over whether he returned to earth an astronaut, but he has gone where no nonagenarian has gone before. sophie long, bbc news, blue 0rigin launch pad one.
ego commanded, but with three other passengers would share a life changing experience. more than 50 years after he first donned a spacesuit as captain kirk, william shatner is now on his way to the final frontier. and there they are, over 328,000 feet. minutes later, as the new shepard crossed the internationally recognised boundary of space, he became the oldest person in the world to float there, weightless. and the actor who, for decades, played an iconic space explorer became one. and capsule touchdown. welcome down, the newest astronauts! he emerged from the capsule visibly moved by the adventure he said he hopes he never recovers from. firmly back on planet earth,
the oldest person in the world to float there, weightless. and the actor who, for decades, played an iconic space explorer became one. and capsule touchdown. welcome down, the newest astronauts! he emerged from the capsule visibly moved by the adventure he said he hopes he never recovers from. firmly back on planet earth, he told me the beauty of what he d seen was more profound than any words he could find or world record he d broken. i wish i had broken the world record in the 10 yard dash or the 100 yard dash, but unfortunately it was how old i am! would you do it again, though? i am so filled with such an emotion and such a feeling of a novel experience, i don t want to dissipate by thinking of another journey. there may be debate about whether he can be called an astronaut, but he has gone where no nonagenarian has gone before. sophie long, bbc news, blue 0rigin launch pad 0ne.
wanting to do it for years, and it s in their current contract that they can work 24 hours. they re just waiting for terminal operators here at the port to tell them when to start. norah. o donnell: time to turn on that switch. carter evans, thank you. well, now to another big story we re following. science fiction became science fact for actor william shatner today. at 90 years old, star trek s captain kirk became the oldest person to travel to space. and he wasclearly moved by the experience. cbs mark strassmann was there to witness it all. has cleared the tower, she is on her pace with the second human space flight crew. reporter: this was the voyage of the blue origin spaceship first step, its 10-minute mission space. oh, geez. reporter: william shatner s latest frontier, up almost 66 miles to the edge of space. and here come the mains. reporter: and right back down again, like same-day shipping. and capsule touchdown.