But the actor made history as he became the oldest person to go into orbit. back on earth, he described it as the most profound experience he could imagaine. experience he could imagine. from texas, sophie long reports. as the sun rose over one of the most desolate parts of the wild west, william shatner made his way to the suborbital spacecraft. suborbital spacecraft. william shatner. he suborbital spacecraft. william shatner. he was suborbital spacecraft. william shatner. he was knocked i suborbital spacecraft. william i shatner. he was knocked leading the crew his alter shatner. he was knocked leading the crew his alter ego shatner. he was knocked leading the crew his alter ego commanded i shatner. he was knocked leading the crew his alter ego commanded but i crew his alter ego commanded but with three other passengers who would share what the few who have gone before say is a life changing experience. two, one. more than 50 years after he first two, one. more than 50 year
Various other things, but there have been reports in the papers in the last day or two of parents going out and buy lots of toys and the desire to read that i think most people as we have discussed may end up causing the shortage themselves, so don t buy ten toys for your one kid though and there are ten kits out there who might end up without a toy when we do have a shortage. let s talk about william shatner going off into space, captain kirk, onjeff bizos s travel company, blue origin. it is a great story, isn t it? because it is the sort of thing. you sort of think william shatner has been his face all your life. i grew up watching star trek, you kinda think he was always in space, but here are years in, he went up for ten minutes.- space, but here are years in, he went up for ten minutes. yes, sort of shattering went up for ten minutes. yes, sort of shattering the went up for ten minutes. yes, sort of shattering the fourth went up for ten minutes. yes, sort of shattering the
Our top story this evening. plan ahead for christmas, says a shipping boss, as a shortage of hgv drivers means delays at the uk s biggest commercial port. but the government says the shop normally. and queen of the channel swimmer chloe mccardel makes her 44th crossing, breaking the world record. coming up in sportsday on the bbc news channel. settling back into life in the premier league. we hearfrom the new watford manager claudio ranieri on why he s feeling relaxed despite the pressures of trying to keep the club in the premier league. galloping around the cosmos is a game for the young. so said captain kirk in star trek. but today, the man who played him proved his words wrong, as william shatner, at the age of 90, went into space. it was just a ten minute flight onboard the blue 0rigin rocket, built byjeff bezos company.
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That s why the union that represents the nba is going to donate $360,000 to buy lights, bleachers, new rims and backboards and a scoreboard. the park s renovation is a passion project for roberts, who recently announced her retirement. the sound of a bouncing basketball s like the soundtrack of my life. i heard basketball every day because the building we lived in was adjacent to the park where the courts were. and so basketball was all you did. win or lose, basketball has a way of bringing people together through a shared love of the game. monica miller, bbc news, new york. he boldly went where no others had been before william shatner, who played captain kirk in star trek