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Teachers Defying Gravity to Gain Students' Interest
29, aboard a modified 727 operated by Zero Gravity Corporation, which offers commercial weightless flights at $5000 a ticket, took off from Stewart ... and more »
Mon, Dec 21 | from New York Times
Zero Gravity Corporation Lifts Off for San Jose's Weightless ... - Space Ref
VIENNA, VA - June 10, 2009 - Zero Gravity Corporation (ZERO-G(R)), the first and only FAA-approved provider of commercial weightless flights, will host its exclusive ZERO-G Weightless Experience once again in San Jose, California on Saturday, July 11. ...
Wed, Jun 10 | from Space Ref
Zero Gravity Corporation Lifts Off For Seattle's Debut Weightless ... - Space Ref
Zero Gravity Corporation (ZERO-G®), the first and only FAA-approved provider of commercial weightless flights, will host its exclusive ZERO-G Weightless Experience for the very first time in Seattle, Washington on Sunday, June 28. ...
Tue, May 12 | from Space Ref
Griffin’s commercialization legacy
MD - Dec 8, 2008 A few years ago a commercial venture, Zero Gravity Corporation or ZERO-G, started performing similar flights for almost anyone who can pay the $4950 price. ...
Sun, Dec 7 | from The Space Review
Charles Platt takes a Zero-G flight
Together we are watching an orientation video screened by Zero Gravity Corporation, after which we will ride a bus to San Jose International Airport, where a modified Boeing 727-200 is waiting for us. In a suitably empty block of ...
Mon, Nov 17 | from Boing Boing
How to Prepare for Your Own Personal Spaceflight or Zero-G Experience
Is a personal spaceflight or zero-g experience on your Bucket List? If so, how do you prepare for this once-in-a-lifetime event? How can you get the most out of your flight and create a lasting memory? With several commercial spaceflight companies preparing to launch suborbital touris...
Wed, Oct 29 | from Universe Today
Studio Bibliothèque: ARTWORK: For Good Confessions
Spaceballs - [Image: Courtesy of the Zero Gravity Corporation, via the *New York Times*]. If Kevin Slavin and Sam Jacob had a baby – under the medical supervision of Ale... 3 days ago ...
Sat, Oct 11 | from Studio Bibliothèque
collectSPACE - news - "Mythbustin' the Moon: Mythbusters tackle ...
led them to the Zero Gravity Corporation. Best known for their FAA-approved 'weightless' parabolic flights, Zero-G modified their flight plan to provide the extra time in the one-sixth gravity environment needed by the Mythbusters. ...
Tue, Aug 26 | from Collectspace.com
Del Padre Visual Sees Red
Mark and Joe had a chance to shoot video for long-time collaborator Brad McLain, on a “zero-gravity" aircraft flight that creates temporary weightlessness. NASA has used this method to train its astronauts for the last 45 years and it's the same way Tom Hanks floated in Apollo 13.
Fri, Nov 30 | from delpadre.com
Northrop Grumman Offers Teachers "Weightless Flights of Discovery"
The Northrop Grumman Foundation is continuing its successful program of microgravity aircraft flights for teachers. Together with Zero Gravity Corporation, Northrop Grumman flew 248 teachers on 12 flights in 2006. In 2007, they have 16 flights scheduled.
Thu, Aug 23 | from teachers
ZERO-G Ride, Cash, Music for Online Space Magazine Subscribers
PR-inside.com) GRAND FORKS, N.D., May 21 /PRNewswire/ -- New Forks, LLC ( http://www.newforks.net/ ) announced today that its 60,000th subscriber to their online space magazine will win an official ticket for a flight experiencing 'weightlessness.' The winner's open ticket was purchase...
Mon, May 21 | from PR Inside (Pressemitteilung)
Hawking Does Zero G
As we previously reported he would, astrophysicist Stephen Hawking got a taste of weightlessness yesterday courtesy of a Zero Gravity Corporation modified 727. According to MSNBC.com, "the jet carrying Hawking, a handful of his physicians and nurses, and dozens of others first flew up...
Fri, Apr 27 | from Defense Tech
Stephen Hawking: Gravity of the Situation
Diamandis said the plan is for Hawking to float free during a single microgravity-generating maneuver by the aircraft. “We will first see how he does,” he told SPACE.com, and then decide on a second and probably third parabola. One of the world’s top experts in gravity is set to shuck off Eart...
Sun, Apr 22 | from LiveScience.com
Richard Garriott and Stephen Hawking: Now travel buddies
Said Hawking when asked about this unusual trip, he wanted to show "that people need not be limited by physical handicaps, as long as they are not disabled in spirit". Lord British is of course not a newbie in this field - he is a space enthusiast and has gone on three zero-gravity flights befo...
Tue, Apr 3 | from MMORPG blog
Experience zero gravity in the vomit comet, coming in April to Las ...
Zero Gravity Corporation uses a specially remodeled Boeing 727-200 airplane for the space rides. According to the TSA, the aircraft has perhaps the best safety record of any modern airliner and does very well in "hot and high" ...
Tue, Mar 13 | from Blogging Vegas
Defense Tech: Hawking Doing the Zero G Thing
The flight, operated by Zero Gravity Corporation, a Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based space tourism and entertainment company, will take off and return to a landing strip at the Kennedy Space Center. "As someone who has studied gravity and ...
Wed, Feb 28 | from Defense Tech
