Blue Origin NS-18 crew (L-R): Chris Boshuizen, William Shatner, Audrey Powers, Glen de Vries
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Blue Origin launched its second sub-orbital manned spaceflight New Shepard (NS-18) from west Texas, October 13, 2021. Its tourist crew consisted of Audrey Powers, Chris Boshuizen (third Australian-born in space), Glen de Vries, and actor William Shatner (Captain Kirk from the Star Trek universe).
At 90 years, Shatner became the oldest person to go into space. The mission lasted just over 10 minutes, before returning to the west Texas landscape. De Vries died in a plane crash just a month after the mission.
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