Star Trek actor William Shatner just blasted off into space on Jeff Bezos' rocket

Beam him up, Bezos.

Today's the day actor William Shatner, who played Captain Kirk on the original hit sci-fi TV show Star Trek, heads to the edge of space via Jeff Bezos' aerospace company, Blue Origin, and if he's feeling anything like he did last week, he's probably "a little frightened."

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Brigid Kennedy

Brigid Kennedy worked at The Week from 2021 to 2023 as a staff writer, junior editor and then story editor, with an interest in U.S. politics, the economy and the music industry.