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==Death== On July 20, 2005, at 5:30 in the morning, Doohan died at his home in [[Redmond, Washington]], due to complications of [[pulmonary fibrosis]], which was believed to be from exposure to noxious substances during World War II. His body was subsequently cremated. <!-- A search of AP (Associated Press) archives cannot find claimed August 2004 article about Shatner reconciliation, mostly about ashes, so results listed here. --> A portion of his ashes, ΒΌ ounce (7 grams), was scheduled the following fall for a [[Space burial|memorial flight to space]] with 308 others, including [[Project Mercury]] astronaut [[Gordon Cooper]].<ref>{{cite web |title=L. Gordon Cooper, Jr. β Participant on board The Legacy Flight |url=http://www.memorialspaceflights.com/memorial/legacy/cooper.asp |publisher=[[Space Services Inc.]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Korte|first=Tim|title='Star Trek's' Scotty Sending Ashes to Space |url=https://apnews.com/e875a0eb1db77327b7a68b1ec2b06fc6?SearchText=james%20doohan;Display_ |access-date=May 17, 2013|date=July 26, 2006|work=[[Associated Press]]}}</ref> Launch on the [[SpaceLoft XL]] rocket was delayed to April 28, 2007, when the rocket briefly entered outer space in a four-minute [[suborbital]] flight before parachuting to earth, as planned, with the ashes still inside.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/05/19/star.trek.doohan.ap/index.html | title='Scotty's' 'beamed up' ashes fall in New Mexico | date=May 19, 2007 |publisher=CNN | access-date=22 April 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070615092002/http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/05/19/star.trek.doohan.ap/index.html | archive-date=June 15, 2007}}</ref> The ashes were subsequently launched on a [[Falcon 1]] rocket, on August 3, 2008, into what was intended to be a [[low Earth orbit]]; however, the rocket failed two minutes after launch.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2008/08/spacex-falcon-i-fails-during-first-stage-flight/ | title=SpaceX Falcon I FAILS during first stage flight | publisher=NASASpaceflight.com | date=August 2, 2008 | access-date=April 22, 2016 | last=Bergin | first=Chris}}</ref> Some of Doohan's ashes are hidden under the floor cladding of the International Space Station's Columbus module β after being smuggled aboard in 2008 by [[Richard Garriott]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Miami|first=Jacqui Goddard|title=Ashes of Star Trek's Scotty smuggled on to International Space Station|newspaper=[[The Times]] |language=en|url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/ashes-of-star-treks-scotty-smuggled-on-to-international-space-station-6lpgs05n6|access-date=2020-12-26|issn=0140-0460}}</ref> The rest of Doohan's ashes were scattered over [[Puget Sound]] in [[Washington (state)|Washington]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sci-tech-today.com/story.xhtml?story_id=0030002DTPNO|title=Ashes of Star Trek's 'Scotty' Headed to Space|access-date=April 3, 2007|last=Lane|first=Frederick|date=April 3, 2007|publisher=Sci-Tech Today}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/space/04/02/doohan.ashes.ap/index.html|title=CNN News: 'Star Trek' actor's ashes heading to space this month}}</ref> On May 22, 2012, a small urn containing some of Doohan's ashes was flown into space aboard the [[Falcon 9]] rocket as part of [[COTS Demo Flight 2]].<ref name="Scotty's remains flown">{{cite news |last=Moskowitz |first=Clara |title=Ashes of Star Trek's 'Scotty' Ride Private Rocket Into Space |url=http://www.space.com/15810-scotty-ashes-spacex-rocket-launch.html |access-date=May 22, 2012 |publisher=Space.com |date=May 22, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120523062703/http://www.space.com/15810-scotty-ashes-spacex-rocket-launch.html |archive-date=May 23, 2012 |location=New York |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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