The cremated remains of 47 people from five countries will be shot into the sky by a space company.
The company is attaching the remains of a telecommunications satellite that will launch from Florida's Space Coast, which means they will be circling the Earth for another decade. The loved ones of the remains will be provided liveGPS data of where the remains are at any point in time.
The satellite's remains will be burned up in the Earth's atmosphere during its return to Earth.
He wanted to be cremated and sent to space, according to his mother.
160 guests from around the world will attend a three-day funeral service in Celestis prior to the launch.
There are no other funeral or memorial services that have as much cheer as we do when that rocket rocket lifts off.
Marjorie Dufton was a member of the first all-female Mercury Mission crew in the late 1950s and early 1960s, but tragically passed away in 2020.
It was one of her greatest regrets in life that she never had the chance to visit space after the Mercury program was canceled.
He said that at the end of ten years, the satellite will return to the atmosphere as a shooting star.
It was a dream of his to launch the remains of 47 people into space.
The remains of 100 people will be launched by Elysium and SpaceX.