Star TrekB次元官网网址檚 Captain Kirk is rocketing into space this month B次元官网网址� boldly going where no other sci-fi actors have gone.

Jeff BezosB次元官网网址� space travel company, Blue Origin, announced Monday that William Shatner will blast off from West Texas on Oct. 12.

At age 90, Shatner will become the oldest person in space. HeB次元官网网址檒l join three others B次元官网网址� two of them paying customers B次元官网网址� aboard a Blue Origin capsule. It will be the companyB次元官网网址檚 second launch with a crew.

Bezos was on the debut flight in July, along with his brother and the youngest and oldest to fly in space. Shatner will break that upper threshold by six years.

B次元官网网址淚B次元官网网址檝e heard about space for a long time now. IB次元官网网址檓 taking the opportunity to see it for myself. What a miracle,B次元官网网址� Shatner said in a statement.

Also flying with Shatner: a former NASA engineer who founded a nanosatellite company; the co-founder of a software company specializing in clinical research; and a Blue Origin employee. The up-and-down space hop will last 10 minutes and reach no higher than about 66 miles (106 kilometers).

B次元官网网址� The Canadian Press