While we can’t be certain who created the digitally altered image of Mr Shatner in uniform, it was published by The Sun on 5 October when it was first announced he would be joining the crew of the NS-18. The original image of Mr Shatner was taken at the 2017 premiere of the TV show Star Trek Discovery. The image of Mr Bezos in the post however is real, and was taken for the first launch by Blue Origin in July 2021. Blue Origin confirmed to Full Fact that the image is “not real” and was not taken by Blue Origin as part of its official images of the NS-18 crew. The post is correct to suggest that the image of Mr Shatner in uniform has been digitally altered. This hoax, the post suggests, serves as proof the entire space mission was also faked. The post suggests the picture of Mr Shatner’s head from this other photo was superimposed onto Jeff Bezos’s body wearing the Blue Origin suit. The photos highlight that each of their uniforms have the same creases.īeneath these are two more pictures of Mr Shatner, a close-up photo of him in the Blue Origin suit zoomed into his face and another close-up of him at another event with the exact same expression. The first two show Mr Bezos in his uniform for the Blue Origin space launch and next to him what appears to be Mr Shatner in the exact same uniform. There is extensive footage of Shatner before the launch, in space and after landing.Ī Facebook post claims a photo of Star Trek actor William Shatner in uniform for the launch of the Blue Origin space mission is a fake, and says this shows the launch itself was “obviously faked” too.Įarlier this month Mr Shatner, who famously played Captain Kirk in the iconic sci-fi TV series, was chosen to join the crew of the NS-18, a suborbital shuttle launched by Blue Origin which is owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.
The image is faked, but that doesn’t mean the space mission was.
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