The space burial company Celestis will launch a Star Trek mission carrying 150 capsules with cremated human remains and DNA on the first flight of the Vulcan Centaur rocket by the United Launch ...

Celestis, though not a household name, has been around for decades as one of the first – and most successful – commercial space companies. From astronauts to celebrities to students, its ...

Celestis’ first and only successful lunar burial mission to date then occurred a year later in January 1998 from what was then still called the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.

Some people have made their final wish to have their remains launched into space with Celestis. Celestis Ohm hopes an advanced alien civilization will one day replicate the DNA he leaves on the moon.

In his brief time in this world, Phillip Diaz saw and savored more than most people do in a lifetime. Born into a family of travelers, a passion for adventure ignited in him at an early age. When the ...

The remains of 166 people part of a Celestis Memorial Spaceflight are presumed lost after The Exploration Company's "Mission Possible" capsule presumably crashes into Pacific Ocean.

It's thanks to the company Celestis, which attaches people's ashes to rockets and satellites heading into space. In the 90s, they got a NASA scientist buried on the moon.

Their final journey will take place through American company Celestis Inc., which has offered what it calls "memorial space flights" for more than two decades. Knowlan’s son said his mother dove ...

Celestis has four space-burial missions scheduled in the coming 18 months (though launches are routinely delayed). The company hosts three-day launch events for each of its space burials.

This is the second time around for Celestis and Space X; the companies tried to launch Doohan and Cooper and 206 others back in August 2008. When SpaceX launched the remains on its Falcon1 rocket ...

Celestis has launched 20 memorial spaceflights since 1997 and has helped around 2,000 people send their remains into space. Along with cremated remains, people can send their DNA on the memorial ...

Celestis Pets will transport the cremated remains of your pooch, kitty, iguana, ferret or whatever into the cosmos for the low price of $995.