actor spentjust over 10 minutes on a rocket flight, funded by the amazon founderjeff bezos. our reporter sophie long was watching. as the sun rose over one of the most desolate parts of the wild west, william shatner made his way to the fully automated spacecraft the kongsberg. fully automated spacecraft the kongsberg- fully automated spacecraft the i kongsberg- not kongsberg. william shatner. not needinu kongsberg. william shatner. not needing the kongsberg. william shatner. not needing the crew kongsberg. william shatner. not needing the crew his kongsberg. william shatner. not needing the crew his alter- kongsberg. william shatner. not needing the crew his alter ego i needing the crew his alter ego demanded but three other passengers who would share this life changing experience. ? new shephard. more than 50 years after he donned a space as captain kirk, william shatner is on his way to the final frontier. ? a spacesuit. and shatner is on his way to the final frontier. ? a sp
and the truly terrifying korean tv series squid game becomes the biggest ever series launch from netflix, knocking steamy period drama bridgerton off the top spot. hello and welcome to bbc news at three o clock. captain kirk is getting ready to blast off to the final frontier yet again. this time in real life. in the next hour, william shatner will boldly go where no actor has ever been before. at the age of 90, he will make history as the oldest person to travel to space when he takes off from texas aboard a rocket developed by amazon founderjeff bezos. he says he s looking forward to seeing earth from a new perspective. and sophie long joins us now from texas.
hollywood actor william shatner has gone where no 90 year old man has gone before and travelled into space. shatner, who played captainjames t kirk in the star trek films and tv series, travelled at warp speed with three other individuals aboard the blue origin sub orbital capsule, a rocket developed by amazon founderjeff bezos. the blue origin craft launch was delayed by about fifty minutes due to high winds. those aboard got to experience a short period of weightlessness as they climbed to a maximum altitude, travelling above the internationally recognized boundary of space known as the karman linejust about 62 miles above earth. from there they were able to see the curvature of the earth through the capsule s big windows. mr shatner s trip on the rocket system lasted about 10 minutes where i m sure he would ve had to kling on. the crew capsule returned to the ground under parachutes.
wales play new zealand, south africa, fiji and argentina in the coming weeks. scotland have selected south africa born sharks back row dylan richardson for a two day training camp before theirfirst autumn international. the 22 year old has spent his entire career at the durban based franchise, but qualifies for scotland through his father. that is all your support for you now. much more the next hour or so. captain kirk is getting ready to blast off to the final frontier yet again. william shatner will boldly go where no actor has ever been before. at the age of 90, he will make history as the oldest person to travel to space when he takes off from texas aboard a rocket developed by amazon founderjeff bezos. he says he s looking forward to seeing earth from a new perspective. sophie long reports. i m going up into space. i don t know how many people can say that.
could soon follow suit. sophie long, bbc news, los angeles. us police officers will give first hand accounts later today of violent clashes with protesters at the capitol building injanuary. hundreds of donald trump supporters stormed the building in washington dc in an attempt to stop congress confirming democratjoe biden s victory in the 2020 presidential election. this afternoon a special committee set up to investigate the incident will hold its first hearing. the amazon founderjeff bezos has offered nasa a $2 billion discount if it will allow his space company blue origin to build a moon landing vehicle. elon musk s spacex has already been awarded a contract, but mr bezos says he ll provide the extra funds needed to keep his company in the race. the space agency wants to have a craft capable of carrying astronauts to the lunar surface as early as 2024.