How Zero-G Planes Work

Here’s how it works the special made ESA Airbus A310 zero-g plane.

The European Space Agency offered me a seat on their zero-g plane: it’s an Airbus A310 that flies parabolic maneuvers, pulling up into the sky and then arcing back down, giving its passengers about 20 seconds of weightlessness (or “microgravity”) at a time.

 

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