US man spends ₹3.5 lakh to send cat Pikachu's ashes to space

In a first, US-based Steve Munt has booked a $5,000 (about ₹3.5 lakh) ticket to send his cat Pikachu's ashes into Earth's orbit, 18 months from now. The ashes will be launched by Celestis Pets, a spin-off of Celestis that is carrying out human space burials since 1997. Munt had launched a crowdfunding campaign three months back, which collected $1,725.