preview. reporter: he led the u.s.s. enterprise on an intergalactic odyssey, now he will get to go on his own odyssey. things i ve only played as an actor i m going to see firsthand. reporter: star trek s iconic captain james kirk will soon get to go to space for real. i m thrilled and anxious and a little nervous and a little frightened about this whole new adventure. reporter: blue origin announced on monday that actor william shatner will be on the company s next flight alongside audrey powers, blue origin s vice president of mission and flight operations. 2, 1. reporter: shatner, powers and two others will lift off less than three months after the company s first crewed launch. the crew will enjoy about four
enterprise on an intergalactic odyssey. now, he will get to go on his own odyssey. things i ve only played as an actor, i am going to see firsthand. reporter: star trek s iconic captain james kirk will soon get to go to space, for real. i m thrilled. and and anxious and a little nervous. and a little frightened about this whole new adventure. reporter: blue origin announced on monday that actor william shatner will be on the company s next flight, alongside audrey powers, blue origin s vice president of mission and flight operations. two, one. reporter: shatner, powers, and two others will lift off from a remote stretch of west texas next tuesday, less than three months after the company s first crewed launch. the crew will enjoy about four minutes of weightlessness during an 11-minute suborbital trip to
really became a family. and so, yes, anytime you re going into space, it is incredibly risky. but spacex felt very confident that they had a safe vehicle. this is now the fourth crewed mission that spacex has launched into space. and of course, this comes after this nearly decades-long desert of u.s. astronauts being launched from u.s. soil after the retirement of the space shuttle fleet. so truly, we re witnessing this new era of space travel and really, you know, i ve been down to a lot of launches. this is the very first launch that i ve been to, first crewed launch where nasa really had no role in it whatsoever, because as you said, no nasa astronauts onboard, pam. so what does this mean for them? they can t really call themselves astronauts, though, even though they went through this mission, right? or can they? well, they are going to call themselves astronauts. spacex will call them