Vulcan will first put Astrobotic’s Peregrine lunar lander on a trajectory for its rendezvous with the Moon. This mission will launch over 150 flight capsules containing cremated0-9 remains (ashes), messages of greetings, and DNA samples from people worldwide on an endless journey in interplanetary space. The Enterprise Flight will travel between 150 million to 300 million kilometers into deep space – well beyond the Earth-Moon system to interplanetary space.

“No mission to deep space would be complete without a ship’s doctor.” Kelley will be joining activist and Uhura actress Nichelle Nichols, Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry and his wife “The First lady of Star Trek” Majel Barrett Roddenberry, beloved Star Trek actor James “Scotty” Doohan, VFX Maestro Douglas Trumbull and more.

Chafer, Co-founder & CEO of Celestis, Inc. “It’s particularly notable that we announce DeForest Kelley’s addition to our Enterprise Flight on Star Trek Day,” said Charles M. RELATED: Rod Roddenberry Chats Majel Barrett-Roddenberry, First Lady of Star Trek Celestis will honor Kelley by launching his DNA sample into deep space, allowing him to symbolically join in on this once-in-a-lifetime reunion mission. Leonard “Bones” McCoy ( Deforest Kelley), will be joining his fellow cast and crew members on Celestis’ upcoming first-ever deep space mission on United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan Rocket, also known as the Enterprise Flight(which begs the question if Portho’s ashes are going on the mission too). In honor of Star Trek Day, Celestis, the pioneer and global leader in memorial spaceflights, has announced that Star Trek’s First Doctor, the original Dr. With the passing of icon Nichelle Nichols, it looks like the first humans to reach immortality will be some of the original cast and crew of Star Trek: The Original Series as their ashes blast off into space - and no deep space mission would be complete without the ship’s Dr. However, that doesn’t mean we don’t continuously try to come up with new ways to make us immortal (according to one psychological theory, one path to immortality is a quest to be remembered for eternity). We definitely aren’t immortal like a Caretaker. Humans may not live a few centuries like Vulcans or rebuild themselves like a Borg Queen.

DeForest Kelley by Kristine M. Smith