{"id":874908,"date":"2021-10-13T11:14:35","date_gmt":"2021-10-13T15:14:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=874908"},"modified":"2021-10-13T11:14:37","modified_gmt":"2021-10-13T15:14:37","slug":"william-shatner-90-famous-for-playing-captain-kirk-blasts-into-the-final-frontier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/william-shatner-90-famous-for-playing-captain-kirk-blasts-into-the-final-frontier\/","title":{"rendered":"William Shatner, 90, Famous For Playing Captain Kirk, Blasts Into The Final Frontier"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwilliam-shatner-90-famous-for-playing-captain-kirk-blasts-into-the-final-frontier%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=874908&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>William Shatner, 90, who played the captain of the Starship Enterprise on \u201cStar Trek,\u201d &nbsp;blasted into the final frontier on Wednesday aboard Jeff Bezos\u2019 Blue Origin NS-18 rocket.<\/p>\n<p>The rocket launched at 9:49 a.m. CST, reaching more than 50,000 feet in just one minute. The craft hit a top speed of more than 2,200 mph.<\/p>\n<p>The capsule and booster separated a few minutes later and the craft eventually reached a top altitude of 351,185, a little more than 66.5 miles off the surface of the Earth. On descent, the craft created a loud sonic boom.<\/p>\n<p>Three small parachutes then popped out, pulling along three main red, white, and blue chutes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat was unlike anything they described,\u201d Shatner could be heard saying as the capsule neared the ground. \u201cThat\u2019s unlike anything I\u2019ve ever experienced.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At 9:59 a.m., just 10 minutes after launch, the capsule touched down safely.<\/p>\n<p>Before the launch, Blue Origin explained why Shatner was included in the crew.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWilliam Shatner\u2019s career as an actor, director, producer, writer, recording artist, and horseman has spanned 60 years,\u201d the company said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blueorigin.com\/news\/shatner-powers-announced-ns18\">press release<\/a>. \u201cHe originated the role of \u2018Captain James T. Kirk\u2019 in 1966 for the television series Star Trek. The series spawned a feature film franchise where Shatner returned as Captain Kirk in seven of the Star Trek movies, one of which he directed. He has long wanted to travel to space and will become the oldest person to have flown to space.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When the flight was announced, Shatner said: \u201cI\u2019ve heard about space for a long time now. I\u2019m taking the opportunity to see it for myself. What a miracle.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo now I can say something. Yes, it\u2019s true; I\u2019m going to be a \u2018rocket man!\u2019\u201d Shatner tweeted following the announcement.<\/p>\n<p>Bezos, who founded Amazon, blasted into space aboard his Shepard rocket back in July, but the U.S. Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) has tightened its rules on who qualifies to be deemed an \u201castronaut.\u201d Although Bezos and the crew of Blue Origin soared to 66.5 miles above the Earth \u2014 technically qualifying for a trip into outer space \u2014 the fully autonomous New Shepard rocket ship means they weren\u2019t really \u201castronauts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn order to qualify, they have to make a contribution to the flight and to human space flight safety while traveling beyond the 50 miles mark defined as space by the FAA,\u201d the Daily Mail <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sciencetech\/article-9817863\/Jeff-Bezos-NOT-astronaut-FAA-changes-rules-awards-astronaut-wings.html\">reported<\/a>. \u201cWith the Blue Origin New Shepard spacecraft controlled entirely from the ground,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>William Shatner, 90, who played the captain of the Starship Enterprise on \u201cStar Trek,\u201d \u00a0blasted into the final frontier on Wednesday aboard Jeff Bezos\u2019 Blue Origin NS-18 rocket.The rocket launched at 9:49 a.m. CST, reaching more than 50,000 feet in just one minute. The craft hit a top speed of more than 2,200 mph.The capsule and booster separated a few minutes later and the craft eventually reached a top altitude of 351,185, a little more than 66.5 miles off the surface of the Earth. On descent, the craft created a loud sonic boom.Three small parachutes then popped out, pulling along three main red, white, and blue chutes.\u201cThat was unlike anything they described,\u201d Shatner could be heard saying as the capsule neared the ground. \u201cThat\u2019s unlike anything I\u2019ve ever experienced.\u201dAt 9:59 a.m., just 10 minutes after launch, the capsule touched down safely.Before the launch, Blue Origin explained why Shatner was included in the crew.\u201cWilliam Shatner\u2019s career as an actor, director, producer, writer, recording artist, and horseman has spanned 60 years,\u201d the company said in a press release. \u201cHe originated the role of \u2018Captain James T. Kirk\u2019 in 1966 for the television series Star Trek. The series spawned a feature film franchise where Shatner returned as Captain Kirk in seven of the Star Trek movies, one of which he directed. He has long wanted to travel to space and will become the oldest person to have flown to space.\u201dWhen the flight was announced, Shatner said: \u201cI\u2019ve heard about space for a long time now. I\u2019m taking the opportunity to see it for myself. What a miracle.\u201d\u201cSo now I can say something. Yes, it\u2019s true; I\u2019m going to be a \u2018rocket man!\u2019\u201d Shatner tweeted following the announcement.Bezos, who founded Amazon, blasted into space aboard his Shepard rocket back in July, but the U.S. Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) has tightened its rules on who qualifies to be deemed an \u201castronaut.\u201d Although Bezos and the crew of Blue Origin soared to 66.5 miles above the Earth \u2014 technically qualifying for a trip into outer space \u2014 the fully autonomous New Shepard rocket ship means they weren\u2019t really \u201castronauts.\u201d\u201cIn order to qualify, they have to make a contribution to the flight and to human space flight safety while traveling beyond the 50 miles mark defined as space by the FAA,\u201d the Daily Mail reported. \u201cWith the Blue Origin New Shepard spacecraft controlled entirely from the ground, with no input from the crew on board, the new FAA criteria wasn\u2019t met.\u201dBut the pilots of a Virgin Galactic craft, who flew the space plane to 53 miles above the Earth on July 10, along with chief astronaut Beth Moses, who flew solo on a test flight, have been awarded the new commercial FAA astronaut wings. Yet no one from the Blue Origin team qualified.\u201cThis could put the entire space tourism industry in doubt, experts predict, as passengers on the various spacecraft wouldn\u2019t \u2018get their wings,\u2019\u201d the Mail reported. \u201cIt is possible a new category of \u2018space tourist\u2019 or commercial astronaut is created to describe those who go to space purely as a passenger, rather than crew or pilots.\u201dThe Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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