49th ESA Parabolic Flight Campaign

ESA's 49th Parabolic Flight Campaign took to the skies recently with three flights over the Bay of Biscay. A suite of 14 microgravity experiments flew on board the specially adapted Airbus A300 'Zero-G' aircraft.

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Hi-res Preparations for flight day 1 of the 49th ESA Parabolic Flight Campaign	Hi-res A scientist checks his experiment before the first three-hour flight	Hi-res Experiment subjects also fly on the 'Zero G' aircraft - here they are briefed before the flight
Hi-res The experiments stand side-by-side in the cabin of the specially adapted aircraft	Hi-res Specialised personnel join the parabolic flight to supervise and support the inflight experiment operations	Hi-res A first ascent and descent provides a 'warm-up' parabola before the experiments get underway
Hi-res Investigating gravity induced neurological changes in the human brain	Hi-res A study of dust structures in microgravity	Hi-res During portions of the parabola the experimenters experience up to twice normal gravity levels

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