Randy VanWarmer played Scotty in the original ` `` Star Trek television series . He died in 2005 . 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 . Some of Gordon Cooper 's 7 astronaut Mercury ashes also are on board .
Randy VanWarmer 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 . Some of Gordon Cooper 's 7 astronaut Mercury ashes also are on board .