Florida family begins fundraiser to send ashes of space-loving 11-year-old son to moon

Matthew Gallagher's mother and father started a GoFundMe marketing campaign to get his ashes scattered on the moon.
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A Florida household is hoping to satisfy their late son’s dream of going to house by sending his ashes to the moon.

Cori and Scott Gallagher are elevating cash to ship the ashes of their 11-year-old son, Matthew Gallagher, who died unexpectedly in Might, to be buried on the lunar floor.

The heartbroken mother and father mentioned that from simply 5 years outdated, Matthew knew he needed to be an astronaut when he grew up.

Tragically, the teenager misplaced the prospect to pursue the aim when he died on Might 18. His mom discovered him unresponsive in the course of the evening, in keeping with Tampa Bay 10.

After his loss of life, Cori and Scott Gallagher discovered about Celestis Memorial Spaceflights, an organization that launches family members’ cremated stays into house, and instantly needed to honor their son’s reminiscence by way of the service.

“I simply know that he would have a smile from ear to ear, and it might by no means go away as a result of he would get to do one thing that he at all times needed to do,” Cori Gallagher informed Fox 13.

Matthew Gallagher knew he needed to be an astronaut since he was a 5-year-old.

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She mentioned her son’s bed room was adorned in an area theme and that he would typically educate his personal academics on the topic.

“He may inform you all the things in regards to the moon’s completely different phases and level out the completely different planets within the evening sky, and plenty of constellations,” the Gallaghers wrote on a GoFundMe web page they set as much as elevate cash for the house journey.

They're planning to have his cremated stays be part of the Future Flight set to launch someday in 2023.

His ashes can be buried on the moon’s floor in order that his family members can keep in mind him each time they appear up into the evening sky and spot the moon.

“We’d at all times say, ‘I really like you to the moon and again,’” Cori Gallagher informed Fox.

The household has raised greater than $11,000 of their $14,000 aim.