Photo: Lauren Sanchez/Instagram; Inset: Stefanie Keenan/Getty
Lauren Sánchezis supporting Jeff Bezos as his aerospace companyBlue Originprepares for ahistoric launch.
On Wednesday, just hours beforeWilliam Shatner’s highly anticipated flight, which will make him the oldest person to ever travel to space, Sánchez shared anaffectionate tributeto the Amazon billionaire, 57.
“Good luck on the launch my love,” the Emmy-winning journalist, 51, captioned the snap, which depicted Bezos riding on horseback shortly before the big day.
“This morning you and your @blueorigin team will be launching 4 incredible people into space, just yards away from where we were riding horses yesterday. Truly incredible!” she added. “You never cease to amaze me.❤️”
In his own anticipatory post, Bezosreflected on his love ofStar Trek, sharing a photograph of several mementos from his childhood that his mother recently found.
“I made these tricorders and communicator to play Star Trek with my friends when I was 9 years old, and my incredible mom saved them for 48 years,” he wrote. “She dug them up this past week, and @WilliamShatner has agreed to take them up into space for me tomorrow.”
“Please don’t judge me for the artwork,” he joked. “Thank you, Bill!”
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Bezos and his partner, who took their relationship public in January 2019, have beenspending time together in Texasthis week ahead of the launch.
Lauren Sánchez and Jeff Bezos.Lauren Sanchez/Instagram
“Boots on the ground in Texas for @blueorigin launch. Can’t wait!” Sánchezcaptioned a couple’s snapon Monday of the pair holding hands after arriving in Texas.
Joining Shatner on the NS-18 mission will be Audrey Powers, Blue Origin’s Vice President of Mission and Flight Operations, as well as crew members Chris Boshuizen and Glen de Vries.
According to Blue Origin’swebsite, the New Shepard suborbital vehicle they’ll be traveling in seats six astronauts. The reusable craft — which is “fully autonomous,” meaning there is no pilot — takes 11-minute flights into space, “designed to take astronauts and research payloads past the Kármán line, the internationally recognized boundary of space.”
Blue Origin’s space vehicle.CNET Highlights
Although Shatner spent years acting as a space explorer onStar Trek, he wasn’t instantly on board with making the trip in real life.
Speaking at a Comic Con panel last week, Shatner shared that his friend,Better Late Than Neverproducer Jason Ehrlich, first brought up the idea to him.
“So he continued to sell me on the idea and bless his soul. Blue Origin is the idea,” he added.
(L-R) Chris Boshuizen, William Shatner, Audrey Powers and Glen de Vries.Blue Origin/UPI/Shutterstock
Shatner also said that he looks forward to seeing the Earth from space.
“You have three minutes to look into the abscess of space and the beauty of this oasis of Earth, and I was planning on pressing my nose against the window, you know?” he said.
The actor joked, “My only hope was I wouldn’t see somebody else looking back.”
source: people.com
