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Celestis, a company specializing in space memorials, plans to launch human remains to Mars by 2030, offering customers the chance to reserve spots on a future mission to send cremated ashes and DNA samples around the Red Planet, despite significant technological and logistical challenges.
Uli Corner from Renton, Washington, honored her late husband Jeremiah's lifelong passion for space by sending his cremated remains into deep space through Celestis, a company that offers memorial spaceflights. Jeremiah's ashes were launched on January 8, 2024, alongside the remains and DNA of notable figures including Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry and several NASA astronauts. Despite some controversy over space burials, Corner found the experience deeply spiritual and fulfilling.