[ad_1] Geologist Eugene Shoemaker’s ashes were sent to the moon on NASA’s Lunar Prospector spacecraft in 1998. He became the first person to be buried on another world. Shoemaker co-discovered Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 and contributed to the field of planetary science. His ashes were packaged in a capsule with an engraved image of comet Hale-Bopp […]