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

A German startup is looking into how communications were lost with a memorial space flight capsule on its return to Earth. The Nyx craft was due to return ashes to bereaved families after the ...

Nyx, goddess of the night and primordial force of darkness. Known as the "Queen of the Night," she’s one of the most ...

Celestis offers various tiers of space memorial services that range all the way to launching remains into deep space. Their ...

We've sent some pretty interesting payloads to space since the first satellite (Sputnik 1) launched on October 4, 1957. As ...

Unconventional payloads aboard an Exploration Company capsule were lost at sea when it crashed into the ocean on Tuesday.

As part of a rideshare mission with SpaceX, the Nyx capsule launched from the Vandenberg Space Force Base on June 23rd.The next day, after successfully re-entering the atmosphere on June 24th, the ...

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