Space burial

Space burial is a burial procedure where a small sample of the cremated ashes of the deceased in a lipstick sized capsule are launched into space using a rocket. As of 2004, samples of about 150 people have been "buried" in space.

Famous people buried in space

Launched to Earth orbit on April 21, 1997

• Gene Roddenberry (August 19, 1921 - October 24, 1991), creator of Star Trek.
• Gerard O'Neill (1927-1992) space physicist.
• Krafft Ehricke, (1917-1984) rocket scientist.
• Timothy Leary, (October 22, 1920 - May 31, 1996), American writer, psychologist, and drug campaigner.

Launched to Earth orbit on December 20, 1999

• Charles Oren Bennett (January 21, 1928-1999), space illustrator

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Buried on the moon on July 31, 1999

• Dr. Eugene Shoemaker, (April 28, 1928 - July 18, 1997), Astronomer and co-discovering the Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9.