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Experience weightlessness on board the 'Zero-G' Airbus


Parabolic Flight Campaign
 


Science in weightlessness
 
Scientists can study the behaviour of liquids and gases in weightlessness


 


The Airbus A300
 
ESA’s parabolic flight campaigns are carried out using an Airbus A300, operated by the French company Novospace. It is a standard passenger jet with a few modifications. The biggest difference compared to a normal aeroplane is the removal of all the seats in the mid-section. This area is covered with a soft material and serves as the experiment area.

Interview with André Kuipers
 
ESA astronaut André Kuipers is interviewed in 0g by TV journalist Michal Locher from German TV news programme Sat1.

parabolic flight
 
Diamonds are forever - zero-g is not. J.M. Beuken and V. Pletser having a quick look from above on the diamond-experiment