Star Trek First Family Embarks on Final, Infinite Journey on a Rocket Named Vulcan

HOUSTON, January 26, 2022 (Celestis PR) — Celestis, Inc. announced today that it has entered into a launch services agreement with United Launch Alliance (ULA) of Centennial, CO. ULA will host a Celestis Memorial Spaceflight payload aboard the initial flight of ULA’s Vulcan Centaur, planned for later this year. Known as the Enterprise Flight (celestis.com/launch-schedule/enterprise-flight), the Celestis mission will launch more than 150 flight capsules containing cremated remains (ashes), DNA samples, and messages of greetings from clients worldwide on an endless journey in interplanetary space.

Star Trek fans can include personal messages of tribute for an upcoming flight that will send the ashes of Gene Roddenberry and his wife Majel into space.

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STARFLEET, the oldest U.S.-based Star Trekâ„¢ and science fiction fan organization with thousands of members worldwide, announced today a partnership with Space Services Inc., an aerospace company based in Houston, Texas.

A leader in public participation spaceflight, Space Services is a company whose heritage encompasses nearly 30 years of leadership in private sector space missions and applications. Space Services’ affiliate company, Celestis, Inc., opened the space frontier to post cremation memorials in 1997 with the Founders Flight, sending 24 flight capsules into Earth orbit aboard a Pegasus rocket.

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Ashes of “Star Trek” creator and wife rocketing to deep space AFP (via Space Daily) Ashes of “Star Trek” creator Gene Roddenberry and his actress wife will blast toward the far reaches of the cosmos in keeping with the show’s famed opening line “Space, the final frontier.” Majel Roddenberry died in December, two months before her 77th birthday, and will posthumously fulfill a “dream of journeying through space with her […]