News Alert: "Star Trek" William Shatner is now the oldest person ever to go to space
  Ninety-year-old William Shatner, who gained fame portraying Captain Kirk on the original "Star Trek," just hitched a ride aboard a suborbital spacecraft that grazed the edge of outer space before parachuting to a landing, making Shatner the oldest person ever to travel to space. "That was unlike anything they described," Shatner could be heard saying on the flight livestream just before landing. Shatner blasted off onboard a New Shepard spacecraft — the one developed by Bezos' rocket company, Blue Origin, and the same vehicle that took Bezos himself to space this summer.  CNN BREAKING NEWS You are receiving this newsletter because you've signed up to receive CNN Breaking News alerts.
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