--- title: Send Pet Remains to Space description: A Houston company will send your pet's remains to space. canonical: https://time.com/3066488/how-to-bury-your-pet-in-space/ author: Olivia B. Waxman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-07-31T19:57:28.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:12:05.349Z og:title: How to Bury Your Pet in Space og:description: First flight blasts off in the fall og:url: https://time.com/3066488/how-to-bury-your-pet-in-space/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1a46466a2e79acac/69869e093617605f3090d4c9/pet-remains-space.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: pet-remains-space og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: How to Bury Your Pet in Space twitter:description: First flight blasts off in the fall twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1a46466a2e79acac/69869e093617605f3090d4c9/pet-remains-space.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # How to Bury Your Pet in Space  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Jul 31, 2014 7:57 PM UTC  Unlike this stock photo, your pet's cremated remains would be sent to space in capsules. Unlike this stock photo, your pet's cremated remains would be sent to space in capsules.Getty Images  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Jul 31, 2014 7:57 PM UTC A Houston company called Celestis, which has been sending cremated human remains to space since 1997, has announced a program for the remains of dogs and cats, Reuters [reports](http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/07/31/us-usa-pets-space-idUSKBN0G01YJ20140731?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews). On October 7, 2014, Celestis’s first pet memorial spaceflight is expected to blast off from Spaceport America in New Mexico carrying the remains of a blue merle Australian Shepherd, aptly named Apollo. A biography of his life on the [Celestis website](http://www.celestispets.com/#!animal-astronauts/cnyi) describes him as a dog who enjoyed long walks, though noted that as a “libertarian, he was not a fan of the local leash laws.” The mission is part of the company’s Earth Rise service, which sends “a symbolic portion of your loved one’s cremated remains to space,” according to the [Celestis website](http://www.celestis.com/conestogaFlight.asp). “The cremated remains then return to Earth and are recovered.” The family will “receive the flown space capsule or module — with the cremated remains still inside — as a keepsake.” The price of that kind of mission starts at $995\. For [$4,995](http://www.celestispets.com/#!earth-orbit/cmny), the remains will orbit the Earth. For [$12,500](http://www.celestispets.com/#!luna/c1v2), you can send them to the Moon or deep space. Celestis is known for [launching](http://content.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,8018,00.html) “22 lipstick-sized metal vials” containing ashes of _Star Trek_ creator Gene Roddenberry and American psychologist and LSD expert Timothy Leary at 6,200 mph. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3066488/how-to-bury-your-pet-in-space/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3066488/how-to-bury-your-pet-in-space/"},"headline":"How to Bury Your Pet in Space","datePublished":"2014-07-31T19:57:28.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:12:05.349Z","description":"First flight blasts off in the fall","url":"https://time.com/3066488/how-to-bury-your-pet-in-space/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1a46466a2e79acac/69869e093617605f3090d4c9/pet-remains-space.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. 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