Ashes Of Late CBS News Radio Newsman Dave Barrett To Ride On Space X Rocket

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The late CBS NEWS RADIO Anchor/Correspondent DAVE BARRETT will be posthumously achieving one of his goals when his ashes are shot into space on the SPACE X Falcon rocket this week, weather permitting.

BARRETT, who died at 63 in 2018 and who was a lifelong space enthusiast who covered the final shuttle launch in 2011, will be among those whose ashes are aboard the rocket when it launches; the window for launch opens on FRIDAY (1/22) at 9:24a (ET). BARRETT's family arranged the ride through CELESTIS space burials.

To mark the occasion, PETER KING will cover the launch for the network.

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