{"id":9640,"date":"2015-01-13T01:39:47","date_gmt":"2015-01-13T06:39:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=9640"},"modified":"2015-01-13T01:39:47","modified_gmt":"2015-01-13T06:39:47","slug":"ashes-of-clyde-tombaugh-to-fly-close-to-pluto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=9640","title":{"rendered":"Ashes of Clyde Tombaugh to fly close to Pluto"},"content":{"rendered":"

A part\u00a0of\u00a0Clyde Tombaugh<\/a>\u00a0will fly past Pluto, which he discovered in 1930:\u00a0NASA probe to arrive at Pluto carrying ashes of Clyde Tombaugh – Telegraph<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Tombaugh died on January 17 1997, nine years and two days before New Horizon\u2019s launch, but one of his final requests was for his ashes to be sent into space.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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A small container carrying his remains is affixed to the insider of the upper deck of the probe bearing the inscription: \u201cInterned herein are remains of American Clyde W. Tombaugh, discoverer of Pluto and the solar system’s ‘third zone’\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

A sample of the remains of famous space\u00a0scientist Eugene Shoemaker<\/a> also went to the Moon via the Lunar Prospector<\/a> probe :\u00a0\u2018Burying\u2019 a man on the moon – NBC News<\/a><\/p>\n

The company\u00a0Celestis, Inc.<\/a>\u00a0has arranged for space burials<\/a> for quite a few people, including a number of celebrities<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A part\u00a0of\u00a0Clyde Tombaugh\u00a0will fly past Pluto, which he discovered in 1930:\u00a0NASA probe to arrive at Pluto carrying ashes of Clyde Tombaugh – Telegraph. Tombaugh died on January 17 1997, nine years and two days before New Horizon\u2019s launch, but one of his final requests was for his ashes to be sent into space. 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