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Space burials launch cremated remains out of the atmosphere. Space burial is the launching of human remains into space. Missions may go into orbit around the Earth or to extraterrestrial bodies such as the Moon, or farther into space.
An ossuary is a chest, box, building, well, or site made to serve as the final resting place of human skeletal remains. They are frequently used where burial space is scarce.
Celestis, Inc. is a company that launches cremated human remains into space, a procedure known as a space burial.It is a subsidiary of the private space company Space Services Inc. [1] The company purchases launches as a secondary payload on various launch vehicles, and launches samples of a person's cremated remains.
A San Francisco startup founded aims to be the first entrant in the space burial business.
The remains and DNA of nearly 70 people are expected to burn up in the Earth’s atmosphere after a failed mission to the moon, officials say.
Burial, also known as interment or inhumation, is a method of final disposition whereby a dead body is placed into the ground, sometimes with objects. This is usually accomplished by excavating a pit or trench, placing the deceased and objects in it, and covering it over.
People are choosing eco-friendly and creative options for their final resting places, including the bottom of the ocean and miles and miles into outer space.
The San Francisco Columbarium. A columbarium (/ ˌ k ɒ l əm ˈ b ɛər i. əm /; [1] pl. columbaria), also called a cinerarium, is a structure for the reverential and usually public storage of funerary urns holding cremated remains of the dead.