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The capsule, New Shepard, was named for first American in space, Alan Shepard. Welcome to Earth!' Bezos said as he opened the hatch and was embraced by Shatner. A jubilant Bezos was there to greet them when the capsule returned, shouting, 'WHOOOO!'

was racing for the moon, and went on to appear in a string of 'Star Trek' movies.īezos himself drove the four to the pad, accompanied them to the platform high above the ground and cranked the hatch shut after they climbed aboard the 60-foot rocket. Shatner starred in TV's original 'Star Trek' from 1966 to 1969, back when the U.S. The blastoff brought priceless star power to Bezos' spaceship company, given its built-in appeal to baby boomers, celebrity watchers and space enthusiasts. 'The only thing I don't want to see is a little gremlin looking back at me,' he joked, referring to the plot of his 1963 'Twilight Zone' episode titled 'Nightmare at 20,000 Feet.'īezos is a huge 'Star Trek' fan - the Amazon founder had a cameo as an alien in one of the later 'Star Trek' movies - and Shatner rode free as his invited guest. Shatner said ahead of the countdown that he planned to spend his approximately three minutes of weightlessness gazing down at Earth, his nose pressed against the capsule's windows. She said she, like so many others, was drawn to the space business by shows like 'Star Trek.' James Tiberius Kirk go to space,' Blue Origin launch commentator Jacki Cortese said before liftoff. 'This is a pinch-me moment for all of us to see Capt.

#SHATNER SPACE GREMLIN TV#

Kirk of the starship Enterprise boldly go where no star of American TV has gone before. Sci-fi fans reveled in the opportunity to see the man best known as the stalwart Capt.

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