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

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

Before there was space tourism, there was space burial. Celestis has been sending cremated remains to space since 1997, when ...

Launched last Monday (23) by SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket, a capsule containing various human remains suffered a failure and lost ...

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

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

The remains of more than 160 deceased people reached orbit yesterday on a spacecraft that hitched a ride on a SpaceX rocket.

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

The Texas-based company Celestis Inc.’s inaugural Perseverance Flight is scheduled to launch around 5:30 p.m. Sunday from ...

Unconventional payloads aboard an Exploration Company capsule were lost at sea when it crashed into the ocean on Tuesday.

Celestis has no more missions planned for 2025, according to its website. The next flight, planned for early 2026, appears to be an orbital mission launching from Cape Canaveral Space Force Base.

The Houston company Celestis is flying a memorial payload on SpaceX's Transporter 14 rideshare mission, which is scheduled to ...