Editing Majel Barrett (section)

==Personal life and death==
[[File:Rod and Majel Roddenberry Star Trek Convention Las Vegas 20080814.jpg|thumb|left|Barrett and son Rod in Las Vegas, August 2008]]
In 1969, while scouting locations in Japan for MGM,<ref name=engel139>{{Cite book |last = Engel |first = Joel |year = 1994 |title = Gene Roddenberry: The Myth and the Man Behind Star Trek |publisher = Hyperion |location = New York |isbn = 0-7868-6004-9 |url = https://archive.org/details/generoddenberrym00enge |page = 139 }}</ref> Roddenberry realized that he missed Barrett, and proposed to her by telephone.<ref name=hise53/> [[Herbert Franklin Solow|Herbert F. Solow]] said that Roddenberry traveled to Japan with the intention of marrying Barrett.<ref name=engel139/> Barrett joined Roddenberry in [[Tokyo]], where they were married in a [[Shinto]] ceremony on August 6, 1969.<ref name=alex370>{{Cite book |last = Alexander |first = David |year = 1995 |title = Star Trek Creator: The Authorized Biography of Gene Roddenberry |publisher = Roc |location = New York |isbn = 0-451-45440-5 |url = https://archive.org/details/startrekcreator00davi |page = 370 }}</ref> Roddenberry considered it "sacrilegious" to have an American minister in Japan perform the ceremony.<ref name=hise53/> The wedding was attended by two Shinto priests as well as [[bridesmaid|maids of honor]]. Roddenberry and Barrett both wore [[kimono]]s; on their [[honeymoon]] they toured Japan.<ref name=alex370/> Roddenberry continued to have liaisons with other women, telling his friends that while in Japan, he had an encounter with a masseuse about a week after he was married.<ref name=engel140>{{harvp|Engel|1994|p= 140}}.</ref>

The new marriage was not legally binding, as his divorce from Eileen had not yet been finalized. This was resolved two days after his divorce was complete, and on December 29, a small ceremony was held at their home, followed by a reception for family and friends. Despite that, the couple continued to celebrate August 6 as their wedding anniversary. Roddenberry's young daughter, Dawn, decided to live with him and Barrett<ref>{{harvp|Alexander|1995|p= 372}}.</ref> and the family moved to a new house in [[Beverly Hills, California|Beverly Hills]] in October 1970.<ref>{{harvp|Alexander|1995|p= 377}}.</ref> In February 1974, Barrett and Roddenberry had a son, Eugene Jr., known as [[Rod Roddenberry]].<ref name="hise53">{{Cite book |last = Van Hise |first = James |year = 1992 |title = The Man Who Created Star Trek: Gene Roddenberry |publisher = Pioneer Books |isbn = 1-55698-318-2 |url = https://archive.org/details/manwhocreatedsta00jame |page = 53 }}</ref> They remained married until Gene's death at Barrett's side on October 24, 1991, in [[Santa Monica, California]].<ref>{{harvp|Alexander|1995|p= 7}}.</ref>

After her husband's death, Barrett-Roddenberry commissioned [[Celestis]] to launch her together with Gene on an infinite mission to deepest space.<ref>{{cite news |url = http://www.spacedaily.com/2006/090126211944.sgyf3ejk.html |title = Ashes of ''Star Trek'' creator and wife rocketing to deep space |work = Space Daily |access-date = March 21, 2019 |date = January 26, 2009 |archive-date = March 21, 2019 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190321203207/http://www.spacedaily.com/2006/090126211944.sgyf3ejk.html |url-status = live }}</ref> After putting them on the manifest for NASA's "Sunjammer" mission, the agency cancelled the mission in 2014.<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/tdm/solarsail/index.html/ |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120405190251/http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/tdm/solarsail/index.html |url-status = dead |archive-date = April 5, 2012 |title = Solar Sail Demonstrator ('Sunjammer') |publisher = National Aeronautic and Space Administration |access-date = March 21, 2019 }}</ref> Celestis rescheduled a launch for 2020, then later rescheduled it for June 2022, the next available commercial mission to deep space.<ref>{{Cite web |url = https://enterprise-flight.com/dna/ |title = Enterprise Flight into Deep Space DNA Launch &#124; Celestis® |date = January 12, 2022 |access-date = March 11, 2022 |archive-date = March 13, 2022 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220313170101/https://enterprise-flight.com/dna/ |url-status = live }}</ref> A sample of the couple's cremated remains would be sealed into a specially made capsule designed to withstand space travel. A spacecraft will carry the capsule along with digitized tributes from fans, on Celestis' "Enterprise Flight".<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.celestis.com/star-trek-community/ |title = Star Trek Community |publisher = Celestis.com |access-date = March 21, 2019 |archive-date = March 21, 2019 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190321203208/https://www.celestis.com/star-trek-community/ |url-status = live}}</ref> The flight also would contain the ashes of [[Nichelle Nichols]] and [[Douglas Trumbull]].<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2022/aug/26/nichelle-nichols-star-trek-ashes-space |title = Nichelle Nichols to become latest Star Trek star to have ashes sent into space |website = [[The Guardian]] |location = London |date = August 26, 2022 }}</ref> The Celestis "Enterprise Flight" was successfully launched from [[Cape Canaveral, Florida]] on January 8, 2024.<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.celestis.com/launch-schedule/enterprise-flight/ |title = Enterprise Flight }}</ref>{{fcn|date=September 2024}}

Barrett-Roddenberry died on the morning of December 18, 2008, at her home in [[Bel Air, Los Angeles]], California, as a result of [[leukemia]]. She was 76 years old.<ref>{{cite news |url = https://www.reuters.com/article/us-roddenberry-idUSTRE4BH7FP20081218 |title = Sci-fi icon Majel Barrett Roddenberry dies at 76 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160817050318/http://www.reuters.com/article/us-roddenberry-idUSTRE4BH7FP20081218 |archive-date = August 17, 2016 |publisher = [[Reuters]] |date = December 18, 2008 }}</ref> A public funeral was held on January 4, 2009, in Los Angeles. More than 250 people attended, including [[Nichelle Nichols]], [[George Takei]], [[Walter Koenig]], [[Marina Sirtis]], [[Brent Spiner]], and [[Wil Wheaton]].<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.ctvnews.ca/l-a-funeral-held-for-actress-majel-roddenberry-1.357210 |title = L.A. funeral held for actress Majel Roddenberry |publisher = [[CTV News]] |access-date = January 5, 2008 |archive-date = October 21, 2012 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121021213100/http://www.ctvnews.ca/l-a-funeral-held-for-actress-majel-roddenberry-1.357210 |url-status = live }}</ref>