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 .
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 . Some of Mercury 7 astronaut Gordon Cooper 's ashes also are on board .