The flight, named the Perseverance Flight, was designed to offer families a unique cosmic tribute, sending cremated remains ...

After launch, the capsule entered Earth’s orbit and completed two rounds. All instruments worked fine, but contact was lost just minutes before its re-entry into the atmosphere ...

In a dramatic turn of events, a space capsule carrying the ashes of over 160 people and a batch of cannabis seeds met a ...

The ashes were lost alongside a collection of cannabis plant matter and seeds donated by a citizen science project seeking to ...

The Nyx capsule, which carried the ashes and DNA of 166 deceased participants courtesy of Texas-based company Celestis, ...

We've sent some pretty interesting payloads to space since the first satellite (Sputnik 1) launched on October 4, 1957. As ...

When your space-obsessed loved ones die, you can spend $3,500 to send their cremated remains out into orbit. That price only ...

Families trying to memorialize to their lost loved ones in space were shocked to learn that those remains ended up at sea.

Celestis, which recently conducted a mission from California, will send cremated remains or human DNA to outer space for ...

Celestis says it's the 1st company to offer space burials. Some remains, from "Star Trek" actors to JFK, have flown to orbit ...

Nelson passed away in 2023 after many years of heart and kidney issues caused by diabetes. His family told WRAL News that ...

Sci-fi fan Steve Nielson’s remains were aboard a memorial spaceflight sent into orbit. They were supposed to be returned to ...