San Diego engineer Wesley Melvin Dreyer, whose distinguished 42-year career included serving on the investigative team that probed the 1986 Challenger disaster, will complete a lifelong goal Sunday when his remains are posthumously launched into space.
Dreyer is one of more than 150 worldwide clients whose remains or DNA will be aboard Perseverance Flight, Celestis Inc.’s first orbital recovery mission, according to the company. Perseverance Flight is scheduled for liftoff at 2:19 p.m. Sunday from Vandenberg Space Force Base in Santa Barbara County.
During the flight, Perseverance will achieve low Earth orbit, traveling at 17,000 mph, and complete two to three full orbits around Earth before gently re-entering the atmosphere…