'I think we will look back at this day 50 years from now and go this was the year the human race started going to space.'ĭe Vries said the spot on the New Shepard is a 'dream come true.' The other two passengers are 'paying customers,' and while the actual cost of their tickets hasn't been revealed, it is thought to be at least $200,000 (£147,000). She joined Blue Origin in 2013 and oversees New Shepard flight operations, vehicle maintenance, and launch, landing and ground support infrastructure. I could not be more overwhelmed by the opportunity.' 'They offered me the opportunity to represent all of those great people and sit in the seat. 'It was a very generous offer for me to represent all of my colleagues at Blue that have been working on this program for a very long time,' Powers said in an interview with Good Morning America on Monday. The only thing I don't want to see is a little gremlin looking back at me,' Shatner said referring to his role on Twilight Zone's 'Nightmare at 20,000 feet.'Īlong for the ride is Powers, Blue Origin's vice president of mission and flight operations, who spent years watching missions soar into space. 'I plan to be looking out the window with my nose pressed against the window. This was four years after Alan Shephard - who the rocket he'll travel in is named after - became the first American in space, and three years before Neil Armstrong walked on the surface of the moon. Shatner shot to fame when he took on the role of James T Kirk in the original Star Trek series in 1966. When Shatner passes the 50 mile altitude mark, he will become the oldest person to go to space, taking the record from Wally Funk, 82, who launched on the first Blue Origin crewed mission earlier this year on a flight with Jeff Bezos. Of the delay to the launch, Shatner said he was 'deeply disappointed' as he has another day to wait, but added that it is 'really worth it.' The flight will take off from Launch Site One in West Texas on a Blue Origin New Shepard rocket at 08:30 ET (13:30 BST) Wednesday, flying up to 65 miles where the crew will experience three minutes of weightlessness before descending to Earth. The four person crew on the suborbital flight includes Shatner, Chris Boshuizen, Glen de Vries and Audrey Powers, who are all waiting at the astronaut village. The crew were originally set to launch today, but high winds around the Blue Origin facility in West Texas led to the launch being pushed back to tomorrow. Shatner retweeted the picture, in which the four members of the crew look like they are preparing for an away mission, joking 'aren't we adorbs'. Blue Origin has shared a new photo of the four 'astronauts' that will launch to the edge of space tomorrow, including Star Trek legend William Shatner, aged 90.
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