James Doohan

James Doohan

male, deceased (2005)
Star Trek actor, Scotty, Star Trek The Original Series actor, Star Trek, actor, television actor…buried in space, Spaceburials, ashes in space
James Montgomery Doohan (March 3, 1920 - July 20, 2005) was a Canadian character and voice actor best known for his role as Montgomery "Scotty"...
Gene Roddenberry

Gene Roddenberry

male, deceased (1991) (United States)
Star Trek, science fiction, Television writer, science fiction writer, Star Trek script writer, American…buried in space, space burial, Spaceburials, star trek deep space nine
Eugene Wesley Roddenberry was an American scriptwriter and producer. He is best known as the creator of what would become the science fiction...
Gordon Cooper

Gordon Cooper

male, deceased (2004)
Mercury Seven, astronaut, University of Hawaii alumni, Spaceburials, U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame Inductee, Death from Parkinson's Disease…buried in space
Leroy Gordon "Gordo" Cooper, Jr. was an American astronaut. He was one of the original astronauts in Project Mercury, the first manned-space effort...
Gerard O'Neill

Gerard O'Neill

male, deceased (1992)
Spaceburials, planet, Swarthmore College, physicist, Astronomer, astronaut…buried in space, Space advocacy, Space colonization, Space Studies Institute
Gerard Kitchen O'Neill (February 6 1927 - April 27 1992) was a U.S. physicist and space pioneer. Born in Brooklyn, he graduated from Swarthmore...
Clyde Tombaugh

Clyde Tombaugh

male, deceased (1997)
Spaceburials, University of Kansas alumni, from LaSalle County, Illinois, American, University of Kansas, from Kansas…buried in space
Clyde William Tombaugh (1906-1997) was an American astronomer who discovered the dwarf planet Pluto in 1930. Tombaugh was born in Streator, LaSalle...
Eugene Merle Shoemaker

Eugene Merle Shoemaker

male, deceased (1997)
Spaceburials, Australian road accident victim, American, Road accident victim, Asteroid discoverer, Planetary scientist…buried in space
Eugene Merle Shoemaker (or Gene Shoemaker) (April 28, 1928 - July 18, 1997) was one of the founders of the fields of planetary science. Born in Los...