Weeks after his passing, KISS fans are actively campaigning for NASA to make Ace Frehley an honorary astronaut, posthumously.
Recently, a Change.org petition was launched to urge NASA to award the late legendary guitarist the titled of honorary astronaut. The petition was starrted by a fan namd Kathryn and has since received nearly 750 signatures advocating for the “Spaceman” to be recognized.
“On October 16, 2025, the world lost not just a legend, not just a rock icon, but also a good man. Paul Daniel ‘Ace’ Frehley, at the tender age of 21, was brave enough to take one small orange step and one small red step, and make the giant leap into the global phenomenon that we all now know as KISS,” reads a descriptopn of the petion. “And while MOST of his dreams ended up coming true, at least O

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