The ashes of James Doohan, who played the role of Montgomery Scott or "Scotty" in the Star Trek series and films, were lost.
The Canadian actor wanted his ashes to be sent into orbit around the earth by a company that provides these types of services. Unfortunately, the Falcon 1 rocket exploded a few minutes before takeoff.
This was the second attempt to send Doohan’s ashes into space. The actor, who died in 2005 from Alzheimer’s disease and pneumonia, expressed his wishes, just like 208 other people who wanted the same thing.
Doohan played the chief engineer on board the Enterprise in the cult television series Star Trek.