Some objects were placed in space on purpose, symbolic gestures meant to inspire or amuse. Others were lost by accident, abandoned or forgotten during ambitious missions.

Before there was space tourism, there was space burial. Celestis has been sending cremated remains to space since 1997, when ...

Annual Conference and Exhibition, George Takei discussed his life as a closeted actor and why he came out at age 68.

Celestis, which recently conducted a mission from California, will send cremated remains or human DNA to outer space for ...

Celestis says it's the 1st company to offer space burials. Some remains, from "Star Trek" actors to JFK, have flown to orbit ...

For unfiltered Roddenberry Trek, look no further than his horny, timeline-confusing, continuity-breaking Star Trek: The Motion Picture novel.

A brand-new starship captain in Star Trek: Lower Decks' season 5 premiere aggressively enforces a rule that Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry originally wanted to be an important part of Star ...

Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry (August 19, 1921–October 24, 1991) boldly went where no man had gone before, creating a sci-fi franchise that would have a seismic impact on the world of pop ...

Gene Roddenberry, creator of “Star Trek,” with an image of the starship Enterprise in 1984. (Ken Lubas / Los Angeles Times) In 2022, at a Heritage auction of 75 props and items, ...

The 33-inch model surfaced on eBay after disappearing around 1979. An auction house is giving it to the son of Gene Roddenberry, the creator of “Star Trek.” By Emily Schmall The first model of ...