Honoring Gail’s Journey to the Stars
As part of our Ashes to Space™ mission, we spotlight the lives and legacies of those who orbit with us—our Ashtronauts. Each tribute is submitted by loved ones who share a story, photos, and the spirit of someone worth remembering.
Ashtronaut™ is the designation given to individuals honored through Space Beyond’s Ashes to Space memorial spaceflight service.
Today, we honor: Ashtronaut Lady Gail Ann Snow
From: Wilmington, DE. USA
Shared by: Timothy B Snow, Spouse
These stories remind us why this mission matters—not just for space exploration, but for love, remembrance, and connection.
Scottish Dreams
Gail’s maiden name was Campbell and she always dreamed of going to Scotland. We never made it while she was alive and I’ve never got her ashes there. I did buy her a square foot of Scotland to make her a Lady and hopefully someday her ashes will fly over Scotland. She loved the shows Highlander and Star Trek: The Next Generation. Our cats were named Tasha and Guinan. She’s also being joined in memory by her first grandchild that she never met, Stella May Snow.
A Journey Beyond Earth
A portion of Gail’s ashes will be launched to space aboard our upcoming mission, where they will orbit Earth as part of a lasting celestial tribute.
Whether stargazing from home or tracking the spacecraft through the app, Gail’s loved ones will be able to follow the journey—knowing that their story is quite literally written in the stars.
Tribute Gallery – Ashtronaut Lady Gail Ann Snow
Editor’s Note
Timothy told us he hopes Gail’s ashes will someday fly over Scotland. We ran the orbital math to see how often that actually happens.
Remembrance’s planned orbit sits around 550 kilometers up, sun-synchronous, tilted almost 98 degrees from the equator instead of running along it. That path takes it over both poles roughly 15 times a day, and Earth keeps turning underneath, sliding a different strip of the planet under the spacecraft with almost every pass.
Scotland sits well inside that path. Over the roughly five years Remembrance stays in orbit, its ground track will cross directly over Scotland an estimated 1,450 times, about five to six times a week, for roughly a minute each time. Added together, that comes to just under 27 hours spent directly above Scotland across the whole mission.
Timothy hoped her ashes would fly over Scotland. They will, again and again, for the next several years.
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