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The ashes of James Doohan, who played Scotty in the original Star trekthey are reportedly hidden on the International Space Station.
One of the first private astronauts to travel to the space station, Richard Garriott, said The times From london hid the actor’s ashes during his visit in 2008. Only Garriott and Doohan’s family knew of the secret mission, after the ISS rejected official requests to send his ashes into space.
Garriott said he hid some of Doohan’s ashes and a photo of the Canadian actor under the Columbus module of the space station when he visited. According to him, the ashes have been sitting, secretly, aboard the space station for 12 years.
“His family was very happy that the ashes got there, but we were all disappointed that we couldn’t talk about it publicly for so long. Enough time has passed now for us to be able to, “Garriott said. The times.
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James Doohan played Chief Engineer Montgomery ‘Scotty’ Scott on Star Trek: The Original Series.
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Doohan plays Chief Engineer Montgomery Scott in Star Trek: The Original Series.
Before turning to acting, Doohan had served in the military. He was a veteran of World War II. He died, aged 85, in 2005.
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James Doohan (seated) on stage during James Doohan’s Star Trek Farewell Convention in 2004.
Garriott, a video game maker, traveled to the ISS for 12 days in 2008. He called the mission to smuggle the ashes into space as “completely underground.”
This was not the first time that Doohan’s ashes had been thrown into space. A Space X flight in 2012 carried an urn of his ashes into space.
