Agency First parabolic flight 772 views 0 likes ESA / Education / Fly Your Thesis! The first parabolic flight took place on May 24 2011. Students with astronauts Samantha Cristoforetti and Thomas Pesquet GRAPPA experiment Students performing the QNEM experiment Supermassive B. team in microgravity Two members of the ARID team checking that their experiment runs smoothly Like Thank you for liking You have already liked this page, you can only like it once!