Florida family begins fundraiser to send ashes of space-loving 11-year-old son to moon

A Florida household is hoping to satisfy their late son’s dream of going to house by sending his ashes to the moon.

Cori and Scott Gallagher are elevating cash to ship the ashes of their 11-year-old son Matthew Gallagher, who died unexpectedly in Might, to be buried on the lunar floor.

The heartbroken mother and father stated that from simply 5 years previous, Matthew knew he wished to be an astronaut when he grew up.

Tragically, the teenager misplaced the prospect to pursue the aim when he died on Might 18. His mom discovered him unresponsive in the midst of the evening, in response to Tampa Bay 10.

After his dying, Cori and Scott Gallagher discovered about Celestis Memorial Spaceflights, an organization that launches family members’ cremated stays into house, and instantly wished to honor their son’s member by way of the service.

“I simply know that he would have a smile from ear to ear, and it could by no means go away as a result of he would get to do one thing that he at all times wished to do,” Cori Gallagher advised Fox 13.

She stated her son’s bed room was embellished in an area theme and that he would typically educate his personal academics on the topic.

“He may inform you all the things concerning the moon’s completely different phases and level out the completely different planets within the evening sky, and lots of constellations,” the Gallaghers wrote on a GoFundMe web page they set as much as increase cash for the house journey.

They’re planning to have his cremated stays be part of the Future Flight set to launch someday in 2023.

His ashes shall be buried on the moon’s floor in order that his family members can bear in mind him each time they appear up into the evening sky and spot the moon.

“We’d at all times say, ‘I like you to the moon and again.’,” Cori Gallagher advised Fox.

The household has raised greater than $11,000 of their $14,000 aim.