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When William ShatnerThe 90-year-old traveled to the edge of space on Wednesday aboard Blue Origin’s New Shepard, becoming the oldest person to reach such heights.

Mr. Shatner, whose name has become synonymous with space exploration since he played Captain James T. Kirk in the original “Star Trek” series more than half a century ago, became the first non-agenar to cross the Kármán line, the widely recognized boundary between them. atmosphere and space, about 63 miles above Earth.

Mr. Shatner became emotional when he emerged from the spacecraft’s capsule with three other passengers after it sank in West Texas and was greeted by Jeff Bezos, owner of Blue Origin.

The actor talked about the experience of seeing the blue world from space and how the vast darkness of space affected him deeply, demonstrating what he calls “the vulnerability of everything.” The atmosphere that keeps humanity alive is “thinner than your skin,” he said.

“I was very touched by what just happened,” Mr. Shatner told Mr. Bezos, bursting into tears. “I hope I never get out of this,” he added.

Mr. Shatner’s journey was heating up one by one. Wally FunkAt 82, he is the oldest person to travel into space. Blue Origin flight in July With Jeff Bezos, the owner of the company.

Ms. Funk did very well in testing for astronauts in the space program in the 1960s, before Mr. Shatner played Captain Kirk, but NASA did not allow women to be astronauts at the time.

John Glenn was the first American to orbit Earth in 1962. oldest person to reach space More than 35 years later, when he embarked on a space shuttle mission at the age of 77. Unlike Mr. Shatner or Mrs. Funk, Mr. Glenn’s journey went into orbit, which required a much more powerful rocket than the one powering Blue Origin’s New. Shepard spacecraft.

The youngest person to ever travel to space also flew on Blue Origin’s July flight. HE Oliver Daemen, 18, Netherlands.