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.

Space disasters

The list of space disasters shows that 14 astronauts and 4 cosmonauts have perished in flight as of 2004; 3 bodies had a normal landing, one victim crashed into Earth, 7 bodies were recovered in a mostly intact cockpit after an explosion shortly after take-off, and 7 in a disaster in the atmosphere and thus must have burnt and vaporized. Thus no remains of these victims are or have been in space.

Related Topics:
List of space disasters - Astronaut - Cosmonaut - As of 2004

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