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Shatner, Bezos’s Blue Origin Begin Countdown for Blastoff

Chris Boshuizen, William Shatner, Audrey Powers and Glen de Vries.
Source: Blue Origin

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By Sarah Kopit

October 13, 2021 at 1:51 PM UTC

The countdown is on for William Shatner, the “Star Trek” franchise’s Captain James T. Kirk, to lift off into space.

Shatner will ride Wednesday on Blue Origin’s second human space flight, which was originally scheduled to launch on Oct. 12 but was delayed due to weather.