James Doohan played Scotty in the original `` Star Trek '' television series . His ashes are among those of 320 people in orbit on a rocket . In the end , it was Scotty who got beamed up . The rocket eventually will burn up when it falls back into Earth 's atmosphere . Comment: astronaut Gordon Cooper 's ashes also are on board .
James Doohan played Scotty in the original `` Star Trek '' television series . His ashes are among those of 320 people in orbit on a rocket . The rocket eventually will burn up when it falls back into Earth 's atmosphere . Comment: astronaut Gordon Cooper 's ashes also are on board .