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William Shatner’s Space Trip Now the Subject of a Documentary

Shatner in Space, documenting the actor’s Blue Origin spaceflight, is now available on Amazon's Prime Video service.

William Shatner was joined by, from left, Glen de Vries, Audrey Powers, and Chris Boshuizen [Courtesy: Blue Origin]
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Key Takeaways:

  • The Amazon Prime documentary "Shatner in Space" chronicles William Shatner's 2021 journey where he became the oldest person at 90 to travel to space on Blue Origin's New Shepard.
  • Jeff Bezos, inspired by Captain Kirk, invited Shatner, stating that Blue Origin's space tourism aims to highlight Earth's fragility and inspire environmental protection.
  • Shatner was deeply moved and emotional after his 10-minute flight, emphasizing the critical need to protect and heal the Earth from pollution.
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In October 2021, actor William Shatner, then 90, became the oldest person to travel to space, breaking the previous record held by famed pilot Wally Fuk. Now you can get a behind-the-scenes look at the journey with the release of Shatner in Space, a documentary produced by Amazon Prime that’s now available on its streaming service. 

The actual flight lasted 10 minutes, 17 seconds. The video runs 46:16 and begins years before the flight, with how Shatner came to be one of four astronauts aboard Blue Origin’s New Shepard, named for astronaut Alan Shepard. 

Meg Godlewski

Meg Godlewski has been an aviation journalist for more than 24 years and a CFI for more than 20 years. If she is not flying or teaching aviation, she is writing about it. Meg is a founding member of the Pilot Proficiency Center at EAA AirVenture and excels at the application of simulation technology to flatten the learning curve. Follow Meg on Twitter @2Lewski.

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