When Astrobotic Technology’s Peregrine lander launched into space earlier this week, the launch also contained the human remains of Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry, Star Trek actor James Doohan, and a bunch of other dead people slated for a final resting spot among the stars.

The Peregrine lander suffered catastrophic tech issues, and the human remains originally destined for the lunar surface are now careening through the vacuum of space. But the launch contained two sets of remains, and those belonging to Roddenberry and Doohan were always intended to go “beyond the Earth-Moon system, beyond the James Webb telescope, and into interplanetary deep space” — and they’re now headed that way.

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