"Capt. Kirk" Wakes Discovery Crew

William Shatner, the actor who played Captain James T. Kirk on the original Star Trek television series, provided a special message to the crew of space shuttle Discovery during the 3:23 a.m. EST wakeup call on Mon., Mar. 7. As Alexander Courage's "Star Trek" theme song played underneath, Shatner replaced the original television introduction with, "Space, the final frontier. These have been the voyages of the Space Shuttle Discovery. Her 30 year mission: To seek out new science. To build new outposts. To bring nations together on the final frontier. To boldly go, and do, what no spacecraft has done before." The "Theme from Star Trek" received the second most votes in a public contest from a Top 40 list for NASA's Song Contest. Shatner recorded the custom introduction for Discovery's final voyage -- its 39th flight and 13th to the International Space Station.

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[indastrol]

Second star to the right, and straight on till morning...

[Gurumeierhans]

shatner is boss

[thegreeensky]

nice video.. great narration... :)

[KaTzaNdSTuFf]

Aaaand, you're go for outlook!

[irishgrl]

Gene would be so proud! I cant help but think that those words, spoken by that voice, made each of them swell with emotion--to be a real live part of the phenomenon that was Star Trek. Truth is, Star Trek was the show that best personified the ever-questing spirit of man, no other show, no other series ever came close.

William Shatner, as Capt James T. Kirk, DID boldly go. And we all followed, and I believe, will keep following that voice, that directive, that spirit, to the final frontier.

[Aliendear]

I really like this introduction.

[moonpiepisces]

indastrol... you said it all! Excellent, thanks Mr. Shattner

[deadringer222]

we need one more movie with capt. Kirk

[ClaudiaStarcats]

Shatner, he da man.

[generalzod4life]

Whos the old bag?

[spacecowboy2606]

Carl Sagan did it better. No drama Shat.