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The first space burial occurred in 1992 when the NASA Space Shuttle Columbia (mission STS-52) carried a sample of Gene Roddenberry's cremated remains into space and returned them to Earth. [5] The first private space burial, Celestis' Earthview 01: The Founders Flight, was launched on April 21, 1997.
Gene Roddenberry was born on August 19, 1921, in his parents' rented home in El Paso, Texas, the first child of Eugene Edward Roddenberry and Caroline "Glen" (née Golemon) Roddenberry. [1] The family moved to Los Angeles in 1923 after Gene's father passed the civil service test and was given a police commission there. [ 2 ]
Celestis, Inc. is a company that launches cremated human remains into space, a procedure known as a space burial.It is a subsidiary of the private space company Space Services Inc. [1] The company purchases launches as a secondary payload on various launch vehicles, and launches samples of a person's cremated remains.
The phrase itself was subsequently worked into the show's opening narration, which was written in August 1966, after several episodes had been filmed, and shortly before the series was due to debut. It is the result of the combined input of several people, including Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry and producers John D. F. Black and Bob ...
Gene Roddenberry appearing in an advertisement for Mutual of New York in 1961. Eugene Wesley "Gene" Roddenberry (August 19, 1921 – October 24, 1991) was an American television screenwriter, producer and futurist best remembered for creating the original Star Trek television series. [1]
Celestis is the memorial spaceflight company that flew the ashes of Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry into space, [20] [21] [22] as well as Star Trek actor James Doohan ("Scotty"), Mercury astronaut Gordon Cooper [23] and hundreds of other people from around the world. [24]
The Roddenberry Building on the Paramount Pictures lot in Hollywood. In 1985, Gene Roddenberry was the first television writer to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. [2] He was given a Macintosh 128K by Apple Inc. in 1986, which was later upgraded by the company and re-designated as a Macintosh Plus with the production number of M-0001.
Gene Roddenberry November 21, 1959 ( 1959-11-21 ) A homesteader ( David White ) and a female rancher ( Lorna Thayer ) become consumed with greed when they hear rumors of a buried treasure.