William Shatner, who played Captain Kirk of 'Star Trek', achieved manned space flight
Blue Origin | Blue Origin successfully and safely completes second human flight to space and back
https://www.blueorigin.com/news/new-shepard-ns-18-mission-updates
Mr. Shatner participated in the second manned space flight mission 'NS-18' of the space development company ' Blue Origin' and flew into space on October 13, 2021. The pictures below are four civilians who participated in NS-18, from left to right: Chris Boschuisen , Shatner, Audrey Powers , and Glen de Breeze .
You can see the whole story of the space flight mission in which Mr. Shatner participated in the following movie.
The landable rocket 'New Shepard ' developed by Blue Origin is waiting for takeoff at the launch pad.
Four crew members, including Mr. Shatner, who arrived at the launch pad. Jeff Bezos, a former Amazon CEO and founder of Blue Origin, was in charge of driving the car that transports the crew.
Climb the long stairs leading to the rocket boarding gate ...
Board the rocket.
Then, a rocket was launched at 14:49 (Coordinated Universal Time) on October 13, 2021 ...
Gungun rises toward space.
Two minutes and 35 seconds after launch, it reached an altitude of 229,956 feet (about 70,000 meters). From this altitude, the inside of the ship became weightless.
In the tweet below, you can see how Shatner and his colleagues enjoy floating their bodies and objects in weightless space and seeing the Earth through windows.
This was the voyage of the RSS First Step today. Its mission: encounter Earth from incredible views at apogee
pic.twitter.com/Gzsnkv97K9 — Blue Origin (@blueorigin) October 13, 2021
After that, the New Shepard propulsion module, which separated the crew capsule, returned to Earth.
Adjust the angle and position ...
Propulsion module successfully landed.
Then, the crew capsule with the parachute opened slowly descends from the sky.
And when about 10 minutes have passed since takeoff ...
The crew capsule also landed successfully.
After confirming safety, Mr. Bezos, who was waiting on the earth, will welcome Mr. Shatner who will descend to the earth again.
'What you have given me is the deepest experience I can imagine. I am now incredibly impressed,' Shatner told Bezos about the flight. 'It wasn't like a simulator. Everything was much more powerful,' he
Blue Origin CEO Bob Smith also said after the successful mission, 'For us William Shatner played an important role in imagining the wonders of space. He gave us us in the space industry. I encouraged him to pursue his career, 'he said, emphasizing the impact of Kirk's role on the space industry.
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