Pegasus XL flies from Canaries with Spain's Minisat, human ashes
An Orbital Sciences Corp. Pegasus XL air-launched booster orbited a Spanish science satellite Monday, carrying the cremated remains of 24 individuals as a secondary payload. Staging out of Gando air base in the Canary Islands, Orbital's L-1011 carrier aircraft dropped the winged rocket at 7:59 a.m...
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