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* ''[[Red Dwarf]]'', although these were far smaller and contained ashes.
* In ''[[V (TV series)|V]]'' The Series IIRC one of the female villains ends up sharing a space coffin with the man she arranged to have killed. Only ''she'' isn't yet dead when they launch it into space.
* Done a couple of times on ''[[Babylon 5]]'', most memorably in the episode "Ceremonies of Light and Dark", wherein those crew who died in the previous episode's battle were given a mass funeral, with a whole line of space coffins being shot at the star Epsilon Eridani, escorted part of the way by a formation of Starfury space fighters. A few episodes later, when Kosh dies, his encounter suit is placed in his Vorlon transport, and it flies itself into the star for an alien version of this trope.
** Worth noting, Commander Ivanova appeared to have [[The Dead Have Names|memorized the list of names]] to be read at the memorial, rather than reading from notes.
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** It can be said that the whole Fleet receives one in the final episode {{spoiler|along with Sam by way of being [[Hurl It Into the Sun|flown into Sol]]}}.
* The original ''[[Battlestar Galactica Classic]]'' also did it a number of times. One notable occasion occurred in the episode "Take the ''Celestra''", where an elderly captain had made a [[Heroic Sacrifice]] during the attempt to retake the titular factory ship from mutineers.
* ''[[Star Trek:
** Also in "one Small Step" where the crew has a funeral with full honors for an early space explorer.
** This practice carries over into various Star Trek novels as well. When a civilian ship, shuttle, or other vessel without torpedoes suffers a casualty, it seems to be standard practice to use the transporter to do the job (optionally destroying the body in the process so there aren't dessicated corpses floating in deep space for all eternity...).
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* ''[[Wing Commander (video game)|Wing Commander]]'' has one of these whenever one of the pilots (including the player) dies.
* Happens in one of the cinematics of ''[[
* This trope is mentioned in the ''[[Chzo Mythos]]'', where one of the astronauts mentions that it was popular in the 21st century for people to send their remains into space. Too bad the Space Coffin ''they'' stumble across contains the remains of John Defoe.
* Symbolically happens to Commander Shepard in ''[[Mass Effect]] 2'', after [[Going Down with the Ship]] [[Space Is an Ocean|In Space]].
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* ''[[Justice League Unlimited]]''. After Wonder Woman stops the Legion of Doom from stealing the Viking Prince's body, she gives him a Viking funeral... IN SPACE!
* In ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2003|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' (2003), the Fugitoid gets this treatment after he makes his heroic sacrifice at the end of the "Worlds Collide" arc.
* An episode of [[Superfriends|The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians]] saw Superman receive a space-burial after deadly exposure to Kryptonite.
* Parodied in the ''[[Family Guy]]'' episode where Stewie's teddy bear is accidentally shipped away, and as a result he and Brian try to get it back.
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