Star Trek" actor William Shatner will be on board.RELATED: William Shatner says he's 'terrified' of upcoming Blue Origin space trip"Yes, it’s true; I’m going to be a ‘rocket man!’" the 90-year-old tweeted earlier this month.
He added: "It’s never too late to experience new things."Shatner will become the oldest person to go to space. He’ll join three others — two of them paying customers — aboard a Blue Origin capsule.
He’ll wind up being the second actor to reach space this month: Russia is launching an actress and a film director to the International Space Station on Tuesday for almost two weeks of moviemaking.A fourth seat on the flight is going to Blue Origin’s vice president of mission and flight operations, who used to work for NASA.