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VAN HORN, Texas (AP) — Actor William Shatner counted down Wednesday to his craziest role ever: Riding a rocket into space, courtesy of a “Star Trek” fan Jeff Bezos.

best known her Shatner, 90, as Captain Kirk, joined three other passengers for the planned launch from West Texas.

Bezos‘space travel company, blue origininvited Shatner on a short excursion to the fringes of the final frontier that would make him the oldest person in space.

It will be blue originsecond passenger flight using the same capsule and rocket Bezos using for her its launch three months ago. The journey should only take 10 minutes, and the fully automatic capsule must reach a maximum altitude of about 66 miles (106 kilometers) before parachuting back into the desert.

Virgin Galactic’s Richard Branson launched his US-based space tourism boom by launching his own rocket ship into space on July 11. Bezos tracked on board nine days later her own capsule. Elon Musk fell behind as the SpaceX company launched its first private flight last month, sending a billionaire, cancer survivor, and two ticket winners into orbit.

And last week, the Russians sent an actor and film director to the International Space Station for filmmaking.

“We are only at the beginning of the road, but how miraculous this start is. How extraordinary to be a part of this startup,” said Shatner. blue origin video released on the eve of the flight. “There seems to be a lot of curiosity about this fictional character, Captain Kirk, going into space. So let’s go with him and enjoy the journey.”

Crew rolling: a blue origin vice president and two entrepreneurs who had unsuccessfully bid for a seat on a previous flight with BezosFounder of Amazon. blue origin He did not disclose ticket prices.

Bezos was at the large launch and landing site near Van Horn, Texas, to bid the four of them off.