Slideshow: Farewell to Gravity

credit Xeni JardinFlight attendant Loretta Hidalgo gives emergency instructions prior to takeoff. credit Xeni JardinPassengers are seated during a high-G period, immediately preceding a Martian-level parabola. credit Courtesy of Jim Campbell, Aero News NetworkBuzz Aldrin, the second human to touch the moon, floats during one of the flight’s parabolas. credit Courtesy of Jim Campbell, Aero […]


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Flight attendant Loretta Hidalgo gives emergency instructions prior to takeoff.

credit Xeni Jardin
Passengers are seated during a high-G period, immediately preceding a Martian-level parabola.

credit Courtesy of Jim Campbell, Aero News Network

Buzz Aldrin, the second human to touch the moon, floats during one of the flight’s parabolas.

credit Courtesy of Jim Campbell, Aero News Network
Each parabola of weightlessness on G-Force One lasts less than a minute.