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Celestis

Human Spaceflight and Space Station Companies

Celestis, Inc. is an American company that launches cremated human remains into space, a procedure known as a space burial, and is a subsidiary of the private space company Space Services Inc. The company, headquartered in Houston, Texas and founded in 1994, purchases launches as a secondary payload on various launch vehicles to carry samples of a person's cremated remains.

Facts
Agency Type
Private space burial and memorial spaceflight company 1
Founded Year
1994 1
Headquarters
Houston, Texas, United States 1
Head
Charles M. Chafer and R. Chan Tysor, co-founders 1
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Annual Budget
Not disclosed
No funding or budget figures are given in the Wikipedia article consulted.
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1. Wikipedia: Celestis
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  • Lead section
    a company that launches cremated human remains into space, a procedure known as a space burial
  • Infobox, Founded field
    1994
  • Infobox, Headquarters field
    Houston, Texas, United States
  • Infobox, Founders field
    Charles M. Chafer
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