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The ashes of Scotty from Star Trek are aboard the International Space Station – The Verge
Private astronaut Richard Garriott says he smuggled the late James Doohan’s ashes aboard the International Space Station back in 2008, and only he and Doohan’s…
Until now, only a handful of people knew that Doohans ashes got on the ISS in 2008
James Doohan played Montgomery Scott in the original Star Trek TV show
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The ashes of the late James Doohan, who played chief engineer Montgomery Scott on the original Star Trek television series, have been aboard the International Space Station for 12 years and the SundayTimes of London has the fascinating backstory of how it happened. Doohan died in 2005 at the age of 85, and his family wanted to fulfill his…
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