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Celestis
Celestis is a company that launches cremated human remains into space, a procedure known as a space burial. It is an affiliate company of Space Services Inc. The company purchases launches as a secondary payload on various rockets, and launches samples of many people's cremated remains on one launch. Launching an individual's entire cremated remains (which weigh between four to eight pounds)〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Cremation Process: Step by Step )〕 would be prohibitively expensive for most people, so Celestis launches 1 gram or 7 gram samples of cremated remains so as to provide an affordable service.
Celestis has flown a number of notable participants over the years. Its first flight -- ''The Founders Flight'' -- carried cremated remains of ''Star Trek'' creator Gene Roddenberry〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Participants on board The Founders Flight )〕 and 1960s icon Timothy Leary〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Participants on board The Founders Flight )〕 into Earth orbit. Also on board were remains of physicist and space visionary Gerard K. O'Neill,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Participants on board The Founders Flight )〕 noted rocket scientist Krafft A. Ehricke,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Participants on board The Founders Flight )〕 and 20 others.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Celestis Memorial Spaceflights - The Founders Flight )〕 Dr. Eugene Shoemaker—a famous planetary geologist and co-discoverer of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 -- was launched to the moon on NASA's ''Lunar Prospector'' mission in 1998: Celestis helped friends of Dr. Shoemaker include a sample of his cremated remains on that mission.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Launch ashes - Space burial - Space funeral - Cremation memorials )〕 Mercury 7 astronaut L. Gordon Cooper,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Participants on board The Legacy Flight )〕 ''Star Trek'' actor James Doohan ("Mr. Scott"), and a host of others from various walks of life were launched on board ''The Legacy Flight'' in 2007.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The founders of Celestis bring you: Space Services Inc. - Memorial Spaceflights )〕 ''Titanic'' explorer Ralph White was on board the ''Discovery''〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Participants on board The Discovery Flight )〕 and ''Pioneer''〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Participants on board The Pioneer Flight )〕 flights.
Family members and friends of flight participants usually can attend the launch. Celestis usually arranges for a tour of the launch facility and hosts a non-sectarian memorial service prior to the launch.〔
Celestis also helps people prearrange their own memorial spaceflights for the future.
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