Beam me up, Bezos: Star Trek actor William Shatner becomes world&#039;s oldest space traveller

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William Shatner, TV’s Capt. Kirk, blasts into space: The ‘Star Trek’ actor and three fellow passengers hurtled to an altitude of 107 kilometers over the West ...

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National Post

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Oct 14 21

Matt Gurney: William Shatner goes where no nonagenarian has gone before: The Blue Origin space flight carrying the actor best known as Capt. James T ...

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NPR

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He missed a chance to be the first Black astronaut. Now, at 90, he's going into space

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William Shatner Defends AI Artwork on New Children's Album Amid Backlash: William Shatner hits back at critics of his AI-generated album cover.

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CBR Apr 22

'It's Sad': William Shatner Responds to Backlash Over Using AI for Children's Album

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JoBlo Apr 22

William Shatner defends using AI for hideous new album cover: William Shatner went on the defensive after social media followers disagreed with him using AI on ...

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Apr 10

America’s First Black Astronaut Candidate Will Finally Soar Into Space At 90 Years Old

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THR Apr 13

William Shatner on Living Boldly Throughout Acting Career: “The Future Is Unheralded”

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Collider Apr 12

'Star Trek Discovery's Crew Won't Connect With Captain Rayner Without This

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Collider Apr 13

Check out This Bonkers William Shatner Spider Invasion Horror Film: The 1997 movie, Kingdom of the Spiders, is a wild tale starring William Shatner.

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Apr 20

The world can change course before we arrive at Planet Plastic: Canada has a once-in-a-generation opportunity to be bold and end plastics pollution

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A 57-Year-Old Star Trek Mystery Has Finally Been Solved: The final season of Star Trek: Discovery just solved a franchise mystery that's been left open ...

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Collider Apr 18

'Star Trek' — Lost Original USS Enterprise Model Finally Makes the Voyage Home

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CBR Apr 15

William Shatner Recalls Pushing for Star Trek's Interracial Kiss Scene: William Shatner looks back upon making television history with Star Trek co-star ...

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The Indianapolis Star

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Apr 08

CBS says William Shatner watched the total eclipse from 'Bloomingdale' instead of Bloomington

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DEADLINE Apr 13

Bill Maher Uncovers The Truth Behind William Shatner’s Most Famous ‘Star Trek’ Kiss

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Apr 10

William Shatner’s Next ‘Bold’ Adventure: Facing Death: The 93-year-old ‘Star Trek’ icon talks with Obsessed about his new documentary, his legacy ...

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Den of Geek Apr 12

Star Trek Just Inched Closer to Its Biggest Movie Mistake Yet: The new Star Trek movie has a release date, but an origin story completely misses the appeal of ...

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Apr 06

Blue Origin selects first Black astronaut candidate for 25th mission: Ed Dwight became the first Black astronaut candidate in 1961, but was never picked up by ...

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CBR Apr 06

William Shatner Is Wrong About His Regret for Kirk's Death Scene: William Shatner says he regrets his performance of Captain Kirk's death in Star Trek: ...

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TV Fanatic Apr 11

Is Strange New Worlds the Most Innovative Star Trek Series Since the Original?: By being the prequel to the original Star Trek series, Strange New Worlds shocked ...

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Apr 05

Discovery Will Have Star Trek’s First Wedding in 22 Years: Star Trek: Discovery's Saru and T'Rina are tying the knot, and season 5's nuptials will ...

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Apr 08

Biden wants to tax firms like SpaceX and Blue Origin that launch in US: His budget proposal suggests rewriting the aviation excise tax structure so space ...

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Apr 07

Star Trek: Discovery Just Made A Mirror Universe Theory More Likely: A TOS reference in Star Trek: Discovery's season 5 premiere suggests the USS Defiant ...

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Den of Geek Apr 18

Discovery Season 5 Episode 4 Easter Eggs Dig Up Classic Star Trek Time Travel Canon

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Quartz

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An asteroid will make a close flyby of Earth, and scientists are excited: Apophis will swing by Earth at an eerily close distance of less than 20,000 miles (32 ...

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VentureBeat Apr 23

William Shatner faces backlash for using AI art cover on new music album: He may not be playing Captain Kirk anymore, but Shatner clearly retains some of Kirk's ...

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BE-4 Engines Arrive For ULA Vulcan Cert-2: The second of two Blue Origin BE-4 engines has arrived at United Launch Alliance’s (ULA) Decatur, Alabama ...

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The Gazette (Colorado Springs)

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Apr 15

Colorado companies begin groundwork for future moon economy: The Apollo missions to bring mankind to the moon for the first time more than 50 years ago is a ...

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Apr 12

To the stars: Gopichand Thotakura set to be the first Indian space tourist: Vijaywada-born Gopichand Thotakura, one of the co-founders of Preserve Life ...

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The Register

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Blue Origin to fly another 90-year-old into outer space: Ed Dwight, almost America's first Black astronaut, will ride New Shepard rocket

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Zoe Saldaña Is Holding Out Hope For 'Star Trek 4': Zoe Saldaña still has hope for a fourth Star Trek film to eventually materialize ...

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Mar 27

BBC exterminates AI experiments used to promote Doctor Who: Finally, a power greater than ML hype: Angry fandom

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slashfilm Mar 27

The Next Star Trek Movie Will Be An Origin Story For The Entire Franchise: Black Mirror and Andor director Toby Haynes' upcoming Star Trek film is ...

Quick Glance: The Origin Story of the Star Trek Franchise

Star Trek has a long-standing history and is still ongoing.

A new Star Trek movie appears to focus on an origin story.

Creative talents like Toby Haynes and Seth Grahame-Smith are involved in the project.

The film is expected to shed light on the origin of the main timeline of the entire Star Trek franchise.

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arstechnica Apr 05

Rocket Report: Blue Origin to resume human flights; progress for Polaris Dawn: "The pacing item in our supply chain is the BE-4."

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Mar 22

PHOTOS: William Shatner’s life and career: Actor, author, director and singer William Shatner, born March 22, 1931, in Montreal, Canada ...

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'Star Trek's Nana Visitor Has Written a Book About the Women of the Franchise

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Quick Glance: New Book by Nana Visitor Sheds Light on Women of Star Trek

The book presents fascinating insights from writers, producers, actresses, and other contributors from the franchise's history.

Nana Visitor's latest work Star Trek: Open a Channel offers intimate conversations with the women of the franchise.

It emphasizes the significance of Star Trek's female characters for society.

Visitor delves deeply into the groundbreaking stories behind the scenes and the challenges faced by women in Trek.

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Mar 21

NASA is struggling to compete with Bezos, Musk and their 6-figure salaries for starting aerospace engineers at Blue Origin and SpaceX

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There Is Now a ‘Plan in Place’ For ‘Star Trek 4’: Trevor Roth of Roddenberry Entertainment addressed developmental challenges with Paramount Pictures ...

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William Shatner Calls Star Trek V Biggest Regret of His Career: 'In my mind, I failed horribly.' - William Shatner on Star Trek V: The Final Frontier.

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Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin pass key pee milestone for NASA contract: NASA awarded Blue Origin $130 million to build the Orbital Reef space station that will be a ...

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Mar 26

William Shatner Said New Star Trek Would Make Roddenberry "Turn In His Grave" - What He Meant

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Star Trek: First Female Enterprise Captain Will Return to 'Section 31': Star Trek fans will recognize that the first female Enterprise captain was Rachel Garrett ...

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Apr 01

Boldly go: William Shatner is heading to Antarctica, and you can join him: Shatner and fellow astronaut Scott Kelly are among the esteemed guests planning to set ...

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Mar 27

The Next Star Trek Movie Will Be An Origin Story For The Entire Franchise: Black Mirror and Andor director Toby Haynes' upcoming Star Trek film is ...

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Mar 23

William Shatner At 93: 10 Greatest Star Trek Moments: On the legendary Captain James T. Kirk actor's 93rd birthday, here's a look at William ...

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Mar 16

Founders of Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin want to harvest stuff from the Moon: The company's founders, including an Apollo 17 astronaut, just rounded up $15 million to ...

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Collider Mar 24

The ‘Star Trek’ Episode That Was Banned Overseas for Nearly 30 Years: The “Patterns of Force” episode of Star Trek: The Original series would be banned in ...

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Mar 05

Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin just might beat Elon Musk's SpaceX to the moon: Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin, aiming for a Moon landing next year, has established an ...

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arstechnica Mar 04

Blue Origin is getting serious about developing a human spacecraft: Company seeks: "Experience with human spaceflight or high-performance aircraft ...

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Mar 20

Obama, Bezos split on space colonization's role in saving humans, Earth: Barack Obama argues billionaires should focus on solving humanity's problems on Earth ...

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engadget Mar 16

Moon mining startup Interlune wants to start digging for helium-3 by 2030: A startup called Interlune — the founders of which include former Blue Origin top ...

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Mar 12

William Shatner on his career and how curiosity drives him: In a wide-ranging conversation, Times television critic Robert Lloyd spoke to the multi-hyphenate ...

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Mar 13

This company intends to be the first to mine the moon: Nearly a decade ago, Congress passed a law that allows private American space companies the rights to ...

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Feb 21

A small Alaska town wants a big bronze Riker: Now that definitely would be an encounter at far point

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Quick Glance: Alaska Town Plans Bronze Tribute to Star Trek's Riker

Riverside, Iowa, home of Captain James T. Kirk, now has a statue. Valdez, Alaska, aims to honor William T. Riker with a statue.

Valdez, a small town of 4,000 residents, seeks to pay tribute to its Star Trek hero. Residents are enthusiastic about the idea of a life-size bronze statue.

The group Riker Maneuver, composed of Alaskan Trek fans, has Paramount's support for the project. City approval and crowdfunding for funding are pending.

Other US cities are planning statues for Star Trek characters. Valdez is optimistic about completing the project, fueled by residents' excitement.

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Business Insider Mar 03

Giant telescopes and moon houses: This is what NASA and experts are planning: It sounds like science fiction, but researchers are making serious plans to settle ...

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Mar 25

Every Time Star Trek's Dr. McCoy Said “I’m A Doctor, Not A…” : A look at every time the distinguished and much-loved Dr. Leonard "Bones" McCoy ...

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Mar 25

10 Star Trek Characters J.J. Abrams Introduced To Canon: J.J. Abrams' ambitious and exciting Star Trek Kelvin Timeline movies also introduce several new and ...

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Gizmodo Feb 22

Riker's Hometown Wants to Put a Perfectly Postured Statue Up in His Name: Valdez, Alaska, could follow the likes of Riverside, Iowa, and Bloomington, Indiana ...

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Collider Feb 23

'Star Trek: Discovery' Season 5 Trailer Embarks on One Final Mission : Paramount+ has released the first trailer for the fifth and final season of ...

Quick Glance: The End Approaches: Star Trek: Discovery Season 5 Trailer

The upcoming fifth season of 'Star Trek: Discovery' will be the last, focusing on Captain Burnham.

Set in the 32nd century, the series features advanced technology and an epic journey across the galaxy.

'Strange New Worlds' and 'Lower Decks' opt for traditional storytelling, while 'Discovery' maintains a continuous narrative.

Jonathan Frakes promises a satisfying conclusion for the series, premiering on April 4, 2024, on Paramount+.

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Feb 27

William Shatner and Andy Griffith Played Against Type (and Each Other) in Pray for the Wildcats

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CBR Mar 18

Star Trek: Discovery Cast Reveals the Mementos They Kept From the Set: Star Trek: Discovery cast members reveal which items they took from the set of the series ...

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The New York Times

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Feb 22

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin Rocket Moves Closer to Launch: Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket rolled to the launchpad for a series of tests in preparation for its flight ...

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Collider Mar 02

‘Star Trek: Enterprise’ Was Fated To Fail From the Start: Star Trek: Enterprise stands as a unique entry to the franchise, but it struggled to find its way to ...

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Feb 24

Blue Origin Showcases Its Towering New Glenn Rocket As It Readies For Launch: The advanced heavy-lift vehicle will support both customer missions and Blue Origin ...

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Feb 24

Luxury space-tourism startup unveils test capsule: Space Perspective's new Neptune pressurized capsule is designed to take passengers on a six-hour trip to the ...

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Feb 13

Jeff Bezos sold $4bn in Amazon stock over the past week: One of the world’s richest men discloses his latest sales as part of pre-planned disposal

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Mar 28

Captain Kirk shoots against Star Trek: “Creator is turning in his grave,” says William Shatner

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CBR Feb 20

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Actor Teases Captain Kirk Spinoff: Paul Wesley, who stars as James T. Kirk on Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, opens up about a ...

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Mar 25

Captain Kirk is back: No Trekkie should miss the new film with Star Trek legend William Shatner

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Collider Feb 15

'You Can Call Me Bill' Poster Highlights William Shatner's Career [Exclusive]

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TechCrunch Feb 07

Ex-Blue Origin leaders’ secretive lunar startup Interlune has moonshot mining plans

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CBR Feb 18

What Fans Don't Understand About Star Trek: The Original Series: Star Trek debut in 1966 with William Shatner leading the Enterprise as Captain Kirk. Yet ...

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Mar 14

Former Blue Origin President Leads Helium-3 Moon Mining Mission: Last living Apollo 17 crewmember is guiding off-world prospecting.

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Mar 13

‘Impulse’ Blu-ray Review: A Shocking Side To William Shatner: Not only is 'Impulse' a blast, but the package put together by Grindhouse Releasing is ...

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Screen Rant

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Feb 15

Patrick Stewart Said "Not Enough Screwing Or Shooting" For Captain Picard On Star Trek: TNG

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Feb 07

William Shatner Goes Boldly in Upcoming You Can Call Me Bill Documentary: Check out the brand-new trailer for the William Shatner: You Can Call Me Bill ...

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arstechnica Feb 21

Blue Origin has emerged as the likely buyer for United Launch Alliance: Pairing of two launch companies could provide more robust competition to SpaceX.

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Feb 22

Here's how you can get hired at your dream tech company: Tech hiring is a real mixed bag at the moment. On one hand, layoffs are continuing with recent ...

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Florida attracts billionaires: save taxes like Jeff Bezos: Taxes weren't the reason he moved to Florida, says the Amazon founder. Nevertheless ...

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Feb 15

Star Trek actor William Shatner set to return to Motor City Comic Con on May 16: Here's what to know about the upcoming return of the annual spring Motor City ...

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