Memorial Spaceflights

Starseeker Flight

Touch the Sky… Seek the Stars… Return Home.

About The Starseeker Flight

A mission of purpose, a dream fulfilled.

Launch Experience

Witness the power and grandeur of a launch into space.

Honored Participants

Read about the participants aboard the Starseeker Flight.

Testimonials

Hear first hand impressions from Celestis launch guests.

Starseeker Flight

About the Starseeker Flight

Starseeker, the eighth Celestis Earth Rise service, was launched from Spaceport America, New Mexico on September 17, 2018. Each flight capsule - containing a symbolic portion of cremated remains or DNA sample - experienced the elegant dance of weightlessness, and returned to Earth for recovery. 

The Celestis flight capsules were placed aboard a UP Aerospace SpaceLoft XL rocket, on a mission sponsored by the NASA Spaceflight Opportunities Program to conduct microgravity experiments and technology demonstrations for NASA and affiliated researchers.

Earth Rise Service #8

Celestis Memorial Spaceflight: #15
Mission Name: Starseeker Flight
Mission Status: Launched successfully
Launch Location: Spaceport America, NM, USA
Launch Date: September 17, 2018
Launch Provider: Up Aerospace, Inc. / SpaceLoft-XL

Launch Experience: Spaceport America

Family members, friends, and loved ones gathered in New Mexico to share stories about loved ones on board, to make new friends, and to witness – often for the first time  – the power and grandeur of a launch into space. It was an experience that will be cherished for years.

 

Liftoff of the Goddard Flight from Spaceport America, New Mexico (2011).

Memorial Service
The Starseeker memorial service was an event that brought together people from all over the world who shared thoughts and remembrances of the loved ones on board.
Launch Pad Tour
Celestis families toured the UP Aerospace mission control facility and viewed the rocket before the launch, for a final farewell.
Launch Day
"Three, two, one, we have liftoff!" Families experienced the power and emotion of liftoff as the rocket launched, carrying their loved ones aboard.
Mission Video

Up Aerospace, Inc.

The Starseeker Flight was hosted aboard an UP Aerospace SpaceLoft XL rocket. UP Aerospace is an experienced mission provider for the NASA Flight Opportunities Program. The primary purpose for the UP mission that includes Starseeker flight capsules was to test space technologies and perform microgravity experiments.

Honored Participants

ABOARD THE STARSEEKER FLIGHT

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Starseeker Flight Mission Logo

The Starseeker Flight Mission Logo, designed exclusively for Celestis by noted space artist Eric Gignac, places a single large star amidst a field of fourteen smaller stars.  The smaller star field depicts all fourteen Celestis Memorial Spaceflights conducted to date – an unmatched flight heritage.

The dominant star is crossed by Gignac’s version of the traditional NASA astronaut logo – a shooting star borne on a winged column – signifying that all those aboard will reach space and, symbolically, become astronauts as they make their final journey among the stars.

 

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