A space capsule carrying human ashes on a memorial mission was meant to return safely to Earth – but instead met a very ...

Can a final wish go around the world, and then vanish into the dark blue never to come home again? The disappearance of the ...

A German startup is looking into how communications were lost with a memorial space flight capsule on its return to Earth.

A space burial mission by Celestis, in collaboration with The Exploration Company (TEC), faced a setback when its capsule, ...

The flight, named the Perseverance Flight, was designed to offer families a unique cosmic tribute, sending cremated remains ...

The ashes were lost alongside a collection of cannabis plant matter and seeds donated by a citizen science project seeking to ...

The Nyx capsule, which carried the ashes and DNA of 166 deceased participants courtesy of Texas-based company Celestis, ...

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

When your space-obsessed loved ones die, you can spend $3,500 to send their cremated remains out into orbit. That price only ...

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

Celestis says it's the 1st company to offer space burials. Some remains, from "Star Trek" actors to JFK, have flown to orbit ...