Celestis Explorers Flight
Celestis Explorers Flight was a commercial memorial spaceflight carrying symbolic portions of cremated remains for participants from twelve countries, including Mercury astronaut Gordon Cooper and actor James Doohan. It flew as a secondary payload on Falcon 1 Flight 3.
Follow this mission
Alerts are unavailable because this mission is no longer active.
Identity
- Aliases
- Explorers FlightCelestis Earth Orbit Service 5
- Name
- Celestis Explorers Flight
- Slug
- celestis-explorers-flight
- Status
- failed
Details
- Astronauts
- -
- Description
- Celestis Explorers Flight was a commercial memorial spaceflight carrying symbolic portions of cremated remains for participants from twelve countries, including Mercury astronaut Gordon Cooper and actor James Doohan. It flew as a secondary payload on Falcon 1 Flight 3.
- End Date
- 2008-08-03
- Launch Site
- Outcome
- The payload reached space but not orbit after the Falcon 1 staging failure. Celestis classified the service as incomplete, and most participating families chose a later reflight opportunity.
- Program
- Celestis memorial spaceflights
- Start Date
- 2008-08-03
- Vehicle Families
Links
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- July 18, 2026 at 19:05:55 UTC
- Updated Time
- July 18, 2026 at 19:05:55 UTC
Other
- Affiliations
- -
- Space Stations
- -
- Vehicles