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How many people have had their ashes scattered in space?

Question #149891. Asked by Chavs.
Last updated Oct 11 2023.
Originally posted Oct 01 2023 2:17 PM.

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More than 450 people have had a portion of their ashes shot into orbit since 1992. The first, fittingly enough, was Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry. A sample of Roddenberry's remains traveled into space on the NASA space shuttle Columbia mission and returned.

link https://www.joincake.com/blog/how-space-burials-work/




Response last updated by gtho4 on Oct 11 2023.
Oct 01 2023, 2:20 PM
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