After many years of pretending to discover the universe in TV exhibits and flicks, William Shatner is definitely going to house. Blue Origin’s second vacationer spaceflight is scheduled for October twelfth. The Star Trek actor and obvious Twitter verification gatekeeper shall be certainly one of New Shepard’s passengers.

Shatner, 90, is about to change into the oldest particular person to fly to house. He’ll take the file from 82-year-old aviation pioneer Wally Funk, who was a passenger on .

Joining Shatner on the flight is Blue Origin’s vice chairman of mission and flight operations Audrey Powers. The firm beforehand introduced Planet Labs co-founder Chris Boshuizen and Medidata co-founder Glen de Vries would be the different passengers. It’s the second of three launches Blue Origin has planned for this year.

The subsequent New Shepard flight will happen after the Federal Aviation Administration mentioned it is trying into security considerations present and former staff flagged in a joint essay final week. Alongside allegations of sexual harassment and makes an attempt to silence inner critics, the group mentioned the corporate “is not sufficiently attuned to safety concerns.” According to CNBC, Blue Origin CEO Bob Smith informed staff the corporate “went through a methodical and pain-staking process to certify” New Shepard and that “anyone that claims otherwise is uninformed and simply incorrect.”