---
title: "Elysium and SpaceX to Launch Cremated Remains of 100 People Into Orbit"
description: "100 capsules of cremated remains are about to be packed into a CubeSat and launched into orbit, fulfilling the last wishes of many who wanted to see space."
date: "2018-12-03"
modified: "2018-12-03"
authors:
  - name: "Dan Robitzski"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/danrobitzski"
url: "https://futurism.com/elysium-spacex-launch-cremated-remains"
categories:
  - "Space"
  - "SpaceX"
tags:
  - "elysium"
  - "falcon 9"
  - "space"
  - "SpaceX"
---

# Elysium and SpaceX to Launch Cremated Remains of 100 People Into Orbit

![100 capsules of cremated remains are about to be packed into a CubeSat and launched into orbit, fulfilling the last wishes of many who wanted to see space.](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/elysium-spacex-launch-cremated-remains.jpg>)
*\<em\>Image: SpaceX\</em\>*

## Rocket Man

A San Francisco-based company called Elysium Space plans to launch the cremated remains of 100 people into space on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.

For $2,500, the company will launch your ashes — along with those of 99 of other deceased people — in a four-inch satellite called a CubeSat, which will be released into orbit along with other companies hitching a ride on the Falcon 9, [*CNN* reports](<https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/02/us/elysium-space-memorial-launch/index.html>). It's expected to burn up in the Earth's atmosphere in about four years.

## Where Some Have Gone Before

The launch was originally slated for November 19, but the company pushed it back and no date is currently set. The off-world memorial does have precedent, though: in 2012, a different startup called Celestis [sent the remains](<https://www.cnn.com/2012/05/24/showbiz/spacex-scottys-ashes/index.html>) of 320 people, including "Star Trek" actor James Doohan, into orbit.

It's a nice image to know that your loved ones, some of whom may have once dreamed of being astronauts, are floating serenely through the night sky — even if each CubeSat is shared with 99 other people's ashes.

**READ MORE:** [The cremated remains of 100 people are going to be launched into space on a SpaceX rocket](<https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/02/us/elysium-space-memorial-launch/index.html>) \[*CNN*\]

***More on the funerals of the future: [Pop Band "The KLF" to Build a Pyramid out of 35,000 Cremated Fans](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/klf-build-pyramid-cremated-fans>)***

## Author
Dan Robitzki is a senior reporter for Futurism, where he likes to cover AI, tech ethics, and medicine. He spends his extra time fencing and streaming games from Los Angeles, California.

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