A lady and her pet cat had their ashes blasted off into area.
Elizabeth Garcia and her husband John spent a number of their time touring world wide, however by no means obtained the prospect to go to area — till now.
Elizabeth, born in St. Albans, had a coronary heart situation that estimated she had two years left to reside, and fewer than two months after her seventieth birthday, she handed away.
“They enjoyed traveling and socializing,” her sister, Jean, advised Jam Press. “She was a very generous person helping family and friends without question. Her wish was for her ashes to be sent into space.”
In her analysis, Elizabeth found an organization known as Aura Flights, a Sheffield-based area memorial supplier.
“It’s extra special doing the launch for someone you’ve spoken with so much – knowing how much she wanted to be scattered in space and being able to fulfill that for her really was a rewarding and heart-warming feeling,” Elle Lilley, the consumer care and liaison for the corporate, shared.
Her ashes have been out of this world, touring over 100,000 ft above Earth in a scatter vessel lifted by a specialist stratospheric balloon.
In January 2023, Elizabeth’s ashes have been scattered throughout area with a photograph of her hooked up, and it was all captured on digital camera for family and friends to witness.
“It was emotional, but special, knowing this was exactly what Elizabeth wanted,” Jean mentioned. “She would have been elated with the outcome, as were we all.”
Ever since this outstanding mission, demand for the area spreading service has solely elevated.
“When we launched the service, there was already a cultural shift with people opting for cremations over burial and moving away from traditional funeral services towards more personalized, celebratory events,” a spokesperson for Aura Flights mentioned.
“That change was massively accepted in the early days of the pandemic when people weren’t able to attend in-person funerals and we saw a massive uptick in inquiries that has only grown stronger since.”
