‘I hope I never recover’: William Shatner’s wild visit to space

Star Trek actor William Shatner has made a historic visit to space as he described the trip upon his return, saying he hopes he never recovers.

Star Trek actor William Shatner took off, boldly going where no 90-year-old has gone before on Blue Origin’s second crewed mission.

The Canadian – who will forever be known to the sci-fi show’s legion of Trekkies as Captain James Tiberius Kirk – took off on his space voyage just before 2am AEDT.

Shatner called the experience one of “the most profound and humbling” of his life.

“I hope I never recover from this. I hope that I can maintain what I feel now. I don’t want to lose it,” he said. “I am so filled with emotion with what just happened.”

New Shepard lifts off from the launch pad carrying 90-year-old Star Trek actor William Shatner and three other civilians.

William Shatner (CL) gets a hug from Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos after landing in the West Texas region.

He was joined on the New Shepard rocket by Blue Origin executive Audrey Powers, Planet Labs co-founder Australian Chris Boshuizen, and Glen De Vries, a co-founder of clinical research platform Medidata Solutions.

Dr Boshuizen, told 7NEWS he was a “space dork” who spent “a lot of money” to get on the flight.

“I wasn’t necessarily happy about the price,” he told 7NEWS.

The former NASA developer and satellite entrepreneur is the third Australian to visit space.

This handout photo released by Blue Origin Media shows the four member Blue Origin crew (from R) Glen De Vries, Audrey Powers, Canadian actor William Shatner and Chris Boshuizen.

The crew’s roughly 11-minute hop beyond the Karman Line – 100 kilometres into the air, just beyond Earth’s atmosphere – and back down again with a parachute landing in the desert is a replay of Blue’s maiden human flight in July.

That trip, which included company owner Jeff Bezos of Amazon, was seen as a breakthrough moment for the nascent space tourism sector.

Bill, Audrey, Chris, Glen — you’re about to share an experience that will forever change how you view the world. Godspeed. This is how it starts. 🚀 pic.twitter.com/sOaS7YVBuY

— Jeff Bezos (@JeffBezos) October 13, 2021

Leonard Nimoy as Mr Spock & William Shatner as Captain Kirk.

William Shatner is now the oldest person to go into space.