William Shatner reflects after becoming oldest person to go to space: "You're immersed in things that are indescribable"
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William Shatner is back on Earth, but still over the moon about his trip to the edge of space.
Shatner, best known as Captain Kirk on "Star Trek," rode a Blue Origin rocket with three other passengers Wednesday, rising more than 66 miles above the Earth in just minutes.
The 90-year-old actor became the oldest person ever to go into space. He described to "CBS Mornings" what he felt as he rose above the Earth.
Ashley White received her earliest combat action badge from the United States Army soon after the first lieutenant arrived in Afghanistan. The silver military award, recognizing soldiers who've been personally engaged by an attacker during conflict, was considered an achievement in and of itself as well as an affirming rite of passage for the newly deployed. White had earned it for using her own body to shield a group of civilian women and children from gunfire that broke out in the midst of her third mission in Kandahar province. All of them survived. She never mentioned the badge to anyone in her battalion.