Now, memorialise your dead pets by sending them into space

Houston based 'space burial' company will be launching a new service, wherein the owners can send their beloved dead animal companions into space.

The service called Celestis Pets, which would initiate in fall 2014, would be offering four packages to memorialize the pets, ranging from the 1,000 dollars Earth Rise package, which gives a round-trip mission to space in a memorial urn you get to keep upon his return to Earth, to the 12,500 dollar-plus Luna and Voyager packages, which sends your pet to the moon, CNet reported.

The company also runs programs that send human remains into space.