VAN HORN, Texas - Actor William Shatner, known to many "Star Trek" fans as Captain James T. Kirk, is scheduled to rocket into space on Wednesday aboard a Blue Origin flight.The suborbital spaceflight, courtesy of Blue Origin founder and "Star Trek" fan Jeff Bezos, is set for liftoff at 10 a.m.
ET, which will be streamed on LiveNOW from FOX. Blue Origin’s coverage of the launch begins about 90 minutes before the flight.Shatner, 90, will become the oldest person in space and be joined by three others — two of them paying customers — on the blast-off from West Texas aboard New Shepard NS-18.