This October, the Star Trek actor will become the oldest person to travel to the cosmos.

“I’ve heard about space for a long time now.

I’m taking the opportunity to see it for myself,” Shatner in a statement.

Star Trek, Jeff Bezos

William Shatner and Jeff Bezos.CBS Photo Archive/Getty Images; JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images

“What a miracle.”

Currently, he hosts and executive produces the mystery nonfiction seriesThe UnXplainedon the History Channel.