By nathan bevan ACCORDING to the New York Times the ashes of the late James Doohan - that's Scotty from Star Trek to you - were blasted in to space recently aboard a privately-funded space rocket.

SpaceX, a private space firm, announced on Wednesday that a design error caused the failure of its latest rocket, Falcon 1, to reach orbit on Saturday.

BOSTON - This could make for one odd family reunion: Barack Obama is a distant cousin of actor Brad Pitt, and Hillary Rodham Clinton is related to Pitt's girlfriend, Angelina Jolie.

The original Capt. Kirk is disheartened he won't get to boldly go anywhere with his old pal Spock in the new "Star Trek" movie.

A rocket payload that flew briefly into space with ashes of astronaut Gordon Cooper and "Star Trek" actor James Doohan was recovered Friday in the New Mexico mountains.