The flight, named the Perseverance Flight, was designed to offer families a unique cosmic tribute, sending cremated remains and DNA samples into low Earth orbit.

After launch, the capsule entered Earth’s orbit and completed two rounds. All instruments worked fine, but contact was lost just minutes before its re-entry into the atmosphere ...

A space capsule carrying ashes of 166 people and cannabis seeds crashed into the Pacific after orbiting Earth, marking a ...

A space burial mission by a German startup, intended to send the ashes of 166 people into orbit, ended in tragedy when the ...

A unique space capsule, which was carrying the ashes of 166 people, ended up at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean after ...

The mission, which was carried out in partnership with a Texas-based company specializing in space burials, had a clear goal ...

The relatives of around 160 people sent their ashes on a journey to space and back—but they won't be getting them back. The Exploration Company's "Mission Possible" Nyx capsule, launched on a SpaceX ...

A space burial mission by Celestis, in collaboration with The Exploration Company (TEC), faced a setback when its capsule, ...

The human remains of over 160 people who wanted to float in space after their deaths have now crashed at sea after the space ...

The ashes were lost alongside a collection of cannabis plant matter and seeds donated by a citizen science project seeking to ...

The Nyx capsule “completed two orbits around Earth," but when it initiated its return trajectory, “an anomaly occurred and ...

Bad news from the Pacific Ocean. A capsule from German aerospace company The Exploration Company, Nyx, was the one that ...