The mission saw the firm's first ever space tourists fly 55 miles up into the sky during a flight lasting around 60 minutes.
The veteran actor, 90, was one of four passengers to reach the edge of space during today's Blue Origin flight.
Captain Kirk himself - William Shatner - has confirmed that he will be venturing to the edge of space next week.
The first ever manned launch of Blue Origin's New Shepard spacecraft proved a major success.
The entrepreneur and founder of Virgin Galactic soared into the heavens today aboard the VSS Unity.
Sir Richard Branson's dream of sending tourists up in to space is now one step closer to becoming a reality.
It turns out that the devastating bombing raids of World War II damaged more than just targets on the ground.
A NASA balloon experiment has picked up sounds that wouldn't seem out of place in an X-Files episode.
Scientists have stated that the Tohoku earthquake in 2011 was so big that it was picked up from space.
Felix Baumgartner broke several world records as he plunged over 128,000ft at speeds of up to 834mph.
Daredevil Felix Baumgartner is planning to jump from 90,000ft and land in Roswell, New Mexico.