After successfully orbiting two rounds around the Earth, Falcon 9 was on its last stage of returning when communication ...

What might go wrong when a spacecraft lands back from orbit, bearing not just the remains of 166 people but the hopes of ...

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

A capsule created by German aerospace startup The Exploration Company crash-landed in the ocean with a payload that included ...

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

The Nyx capsule, which carried the ashes and DNA of 166 deceased participants courtesy of Texas-based company Celestis, ...

As part of a rideshare mission with SpaceX, the Nyx capsule launched from the Vandenberg Space Force Base on June 23rd. The ...

Just after 8 p.m. Eastern time, a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule rocketed into orbit from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center carrying humankind’s first entirely private crewed mission into orbit.

The spacecraft crashed into the Pacific Ocean after a parachute failure, ending a bold experiment in space biology and ...

Celestis, which recently conducted a mission from California, will send cremated remains or human DNA to outer space for ...

Celestis says it's the 1st company to offer space burials. Some remains, from "Star Trek" actors to JFK, have flown to orbit ...