Microgravity at Merignac   Professor Vaida (left) of the University of Bordeaux working on the experiment to test the "Effect of the Lower Body Negative Pressure on the cardiac electrical activity". ESA's 30th Parabolic Flight Campaign at Bordeaux-Merignac Airport, April 2001   Andre Kuipers (left), member of the European Astronaut Corps working with the experiment team from the University of Saskatchewan, Canada.ESA's 30th Parabolic Flight Campaign at Bordeaux-Merignac Airport, April 2001 Release date: 29 May 2001