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Watch: William Shatner touches back down on earth after historic Blue Origin space flight

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Blue Origin launched William Shatner into space aboard its New Shepard rocketship on Wednesday.The Hollywood actor, 90, became the oldest person ever to reach space during a flight that lasted around 10 minutes.After reaching an altitude of roughly 350,000ft and a velocity of about 2,000mph, the capsule housing Shatner and the three other crewmembers fell back to Earth with a parachute.Footage has captured the moment that the New Shepard NS-18 flight touched back down to Earth, creating a cloud of dust as it landed safely in the Texas desert.Sign up to our free newsletters by clicking here.

The Hollywood actor, 90, became the oldest person ever to reach space during a flight that lasted around 10 minutes.

 

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