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160 People Wanted to Be Buried in Space. Their Capsule Slammed Into the Ocean Instead.
As part of a rideshare mission with SpaceX, the Nyx capsule launched from the Vandenberg Space Force Base on June 23rd. The ...
Space tragedy: capsule with human remains crashes into Pacific Ocean
Bad news from the Pacific Ocean. A capsule from German aerospace company The Exploration Company, Nyx, was the one that ...
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Human remains lost after memorial spaceflight capsule crashes into the sea
Celestis offers various tiers of space memorial services that range all the way to launching remains into deep space. Their ...
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A Rocket Carried Cannabis Seeds and 166 Human Remains into Space But Their Capsule Never Made It Back
On June 23, just after nightfall, a Falcon 9 rocket arced into the upper atmosphere from the coast of California, carrying ...
A spacecraft carrying human remains and cannabis crashes into the ocean
We've sent some pretty interesting payloads to space since the first satellite (Sputnik 1) launched on October 4, 1957. As ...
Failed Orbital Mission Loses Human Remains, Space Pot
Unconventional payloads aboard an Exploration Company capsule were lost at sea when it crashed into the ocean on Tuesday.
Chicago man's plan to honor astronomy-loving father ends in mishap
Griffin Lau and his brother celebrated their late father, Curtis Lau, a fan of space travel, in a special tribute by sending ...
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Colossal solar flare erupts from Earth-facing sunspot, sparking strong radio blackouts over Pacific Ocean (video)
Sunspot region 4114 has fired off its strongest blast yet — an X1.2-class solar flare that erupted on June 17, triggering ...
Strongest Solar Flare From Earth-Facing Sunspot Causes Power Blackouts Over Pacific Ocean
According to spaceweather.com, the sunspot region 4114 released multiple flares within 24 hours, but they were in the M-class - several times weaker than an X-class flare. An X1 class flare is said to ...