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Space Beyond
[edit]Space Beyond, LLC is an American aerospace memorial services company headquartered in Florida. The company provides commercial space memorial services that enable customers to send a symbolic portion of cremated remains into Earth orbit aboard dedicated spacecraft.[1][2]
History
[edit]Space Beyond was founded in 2025 by Ryan Mitchell and Cynthia Mitchell. The company was established with the goal of expanding public access to space through lower-cost orbital memorial missions.[3][4]
In 2026, Space Beyond announced a launch services agreement with Arrow Science and Technology of Webster, Texas, for its first dedicated memorial spacecraft mission.[5] The company stated that the mission would launch aboard a SpaceX rideshare flight no earlier than October 2027.[6]
Operations
[edit]Space Beyond operates as a memorial spaceflight provider. Customers submit a symbolic portion of cremated remains, which are integrated into a dedicated memorial spacecraft for launch into low Earth orbit.[7]
According to the company, its inaugural mission is planned for a sun-synchronous orbit at an altitude of approximately 550 kilometers (340 miles). The spacecraft is expected to remain in orbit for roughly five years before atmospheric re-entry, during which the vehicle is intended to disintegrate in the upper atmosphere.[8][9]
Industry
[edit]Space Beyond operates within the commercial space burial industry, a niche segment of the broader commercial spaceflight sector. Companies in the industry provide memorial missions that may include suborbital flights, Earth-orbit missions, lunar memorials, or deep-space trajectories.
Space Beyond utilizes dedicated memorial spacecraft missions designed to accommodate large numbers of participants on a single launch.
See also
[edit]- Space burial (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_burial)
- Private spaceflight (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_spaceflight)
- Memorialization (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memorialization)
- Cremation (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cremation)
- Small satellite (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_satellite)
References
[edit]- ^ Staff, FOX 35 Digital (2025-04-03). "Affordable 'space burials' for cremated remains offered by Florida-based Space Beyond". FOX 35 Orlando. Retrieved 2026-06-06.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "How It Works - our process explained". Ashes to Space. Retrieved 2026-06-06.
- ^ "Videos". FOX 35 Orlando. Retrieved 2026-06-06.
- ^ "Our Mission - Why we started Ashes to Space". Ashes to Space. Retrieved 2026-06-06.
- ^ O'Kane, Sean (2026-01-23). "This startup will send 1,000 people's ashes to space -- affordably -- in 2027". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2026-06-06.
- ^ Rainbow, Jason (2026-01-23). "Space Beyond lines up 2027 SpaceX launch for low-cost memorial cubesat". SpaceNews. Retrieved 2026-06-06.
- ^ "Georgia company offers to launch your loved one's ashes into space - CBS Atlanta". www.cbsnews.com. 2025-10-01. Retrieved 2026-06-06.
- ^ Lagatta, Eric. "What are cosmic burials? New company offers memorial spaceflights". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2026-06-06.
- ^ Beyond, Space (2026-01-23). "First Ashes to Space™ Mission Scheduled — How It Works And Why It Matters". Ashes to Space. Retrieved 2026-06-06.