Celestis

Whether you are looking to celebrate the life of your loved one or plan your own journey, you can trust Celestis to provide a truly mind-blowing space memorial amongst the stars!

MiscellaneousMemorial Spaceflight Service

Created: 2022-02-12

Updated: 2022-02-20

Classification

Miscellaneous

Category

Memorial Spaceflight Service

Status

1) Active

First launch

2012

The Heritage Flight, currently scheduled for Q4 of this year, will carry more than 200 participants to orbit housed aboard the Surrey Satellite Technologies US OTB-1 satellite. OTB-1 (Orbital Test Bed 1) will be launched by a Falcon Heavy rocket - the largest rocket on the planet - from legendary Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center.
The first Vulcan rocket will launch ashes of Star Trek actors, fans and more into space. And yes, this first Vulcan mission is also nicknamed "Enterprise," in honor of the famous Trek starships. It will carry 150 capsules containing the cremains or DNA of Trek or space fans, including those of the series' creator and "First Family" of Star Trek.
"We're very pleased to be fulfilling, with this mission, a promise I made to [actor] Majel Barrett Roddenberry in 1997 that one day we would fly her and husband/Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry together on a deep space memorial spaceflight," Charles Chafer, Celestis CEO and co-founder, said in a statement.