The failed tropical task loses human remains, space bowl

A spacecraft bearing the remains of more than 160 people in the Pacific Ocean on Tuesday, June 24, caused the loss of its contents in the sea. The task aims to return the remains to the families who were presented to them shortly in space, but now, they will not be seen again.

On Monday, June 23, the Spacex Falcon 9 launched the Transport-14 Rideshare missile from the Vandenberg Space Force base in California, with 70 loads to a low orbit. It was the largest NYX, a 1.6 -tons (1.45 tons) capsule produced by the exploration company, a startup in the German aviation. The “possible task” that was called the “possible task”, which is the first attempt by the company to transport clients, got about 660 pounds (300 kilograms) of goods on a trip around the land. This included ash and DNA for more than 166 of the deceased people presented by Celestess, a Memorial space space, based in Houston, Texas. Although NYX has successfully reached orbit, its umbrella failed during re -entry, according to Celestis.

“As a result of this unexpected event, we believe that we will not be able to recover or return the journey capsules on board,” the company said in a statement. “We participate in the disappointment of our families, and we offer our sincere gratitude for their trust.”

Although the task has achieved many major landmarks – including a successful launch, orbiting, and re -control over control – Celestis admitted that the unsuccessful drop represents a major personal loss for participating families. The company said: “In the coming days, our team will communicate with each family individually to provide support and discuss the following possible steps.”

“Although we currently believe that we cannot return airline capsules, we hope that families will find some peace in knowing their loved ones to be part of a historical journey, and they were launched in space, a land of praise, and now that they settled in the widening of the Pacific Ocean, similar to the traditional and repeated sea prose.”

This is not the first time that the Cestis task is not as planned. In May 2023, a higher space missile carries The remains of an astronaut exploded in the late NASA Just seconds after taking off the New Mexico desert. The missile was also carrying more than ten experimental loads for NASA students.

In a statement published on social media on Tuesday, the exploration company considered that the task is possible “partial success”, explaining that the capsule managed to operate its nominal loads in orbit, and settles itself after separating from the Falcon 9, restoring the Earth’s atmosphere, and re -describing the communications after a period of greatness.

“But she faced a problem after that, based on our best knowledge, and we lost communication a few minutes ago,” the company said. “We are still investigating the radical causes and we will share more information soon. We apologize to all our customers who have entrusted us with their load.”

In addition to human remains and other loads, NYX hemp presented by Martian Grow, an open source citizen science project. The project, which eventually aims to grow marijuana on Mars, got a spot on NYX to send seeds and vegetable materials to a low -Earth orbit and study how small gravity affects its germination and flexibility. “Cannabis is flexible, multi -purpose and biological complicated – which makes it ideal for studying how life adapts to harsh environments such as space or Mars,” says Martian Grow.

Unfortunately, hemp lost at sea with the rest of the NYX loads. Gizmodo communicates with Martian Grow to comment but did not receive a response at the time of publication.

The possible task was the second trip of the exploration company. First, Mission Bikini launched a capsule to re -enter the smaller entry on the first ARIANE 6 flight in July 2024. The upper stage of the missile suffered from the anomalies that prevented it from launching the capsule in the re -entry path, leaving stuck in orbit with the bikini.

This week’s task was more ambitious, as the test of all of the re -entry techniques and all the techniques that support NYX, which were designed to ultimately transport goods to and from a low -Earth orbit. Future repetitions of this spacecraft can be used to transport crews to space, according to Spaceness.

This week’s crash confirms that NYX will not be ready to fly astronauts any time soon. Victor Mayer, the entrepreneur of Germany and Central Europe at the Exploration Company, told Spaceneyws that the company has no plans to conduct additional test tasks before the NYX demonstration trip to the International Space Station in 2028. This task is suspended by the European Space Agency. Mayer said that the exploration company will consider the ground tests of some sub -systems of the spacecraft.

Tuesday’s statement to the company suggests otherwise. “Take advantage of the technical monuments that were achieved yesterday and the lessons that we will do from our continuous achievement, we will then prepare to re -fly as soon as possible,” she says.