Alcor Life Extension Foundation

The Alcor Life Extension Foundation or just Alcor is an American nonprofit organization that conducts cryopreservations and cryonics research. Its facility is currently located in Scottsdale, Arizona, United States. Alcor publishes Cryonics magazine.

Alcor was founded by Fred and Linda Chamberlain in California in 1972 as the Alcor Society for Solid State Hypothermia. It was named after Alcor, a star that had just the right brightness that it was used as a test for clear vision. Alcor moved to Scottsdale in 1994.