Celestis 04

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Description:

• Celestis is the first company to offer space burials. The Celestis payloads are small containers (CPAC, Celestis Payload Attached Container), which are bolted to the last stage of Taurus launch vehicles.
• The containers contain small aluminum capsule about the size of a lipstick, containing symbolic 7 g of cremated remains. Several flights have been made. Among the first persons, whos ashes were send into space were the late "Star Trek'' creator Gene Roddenberry, 60ies icon Timothy Leary and space colony advocate Gerald O'Neill.
• Taurus 2nd stage carries a symbolic portion of the cremated remains of 37 people for Celestis, Inc

Mission details:

• The Millennial Flight was launched December 20, 1999 at approximately 11:30 a.m. Pacific Standard Time aboard an Orbital Sciences Corporation Taurus rocket. The launch occurred at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. On board were participants from the USA, China, Japan, Germany and the Netherlands. Read their stories.
• The Taurus rocket placed the Celestis Earthview 03 satellite into Earth Orbit.