Celestis
| Company type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Space burials |
| Founded | 1994 |
| Founders | Charles M. Chafer R. Chan Tysor |
| Headquarters | , |
| Parent | Space Services Inc. |
| Website | celestis |
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. The company purchases launches as a secondary payload on various launch vehicles, and launches samples of a person's cremated remains. Launching an individual's entire cremated remains (which weigh between four and eight pounds) would be prohibitively expensive for most people, so Celestis launches small portions of 1-7 grams.