OTTAWA, CANADA — I was soaring like a superhero. I flew without gravity during eight brief stretches on my Aug. 1 flight. Among my personal items was an Apollo 13 mission patch; the Hollywood hit ...

'The whole thing was just surreal, to see objects in front of you float around, for yourself to float around.' When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s ...

European astronaut Thomas Pesquet testing ESA's lunar wheelbarrow during a parabolic flight simulating lunar gravity in a first-of-a-kind experiment. BORDEAUX, France — European scientists used a ...

Novespace chief parabolic flight pilot explains why there are four pilots on each flight and what equipment they use to share control over the aircraft. When you purchase through links on our site, we ...

The 37th ESA Parabolic Flight Campaign started last week in Bordeaux, France, with preparation and training for the experimenters involved. On 8 June 2004, the specially strengthened ‘Zero-G’ Airbus ...

PARABOLIC FLIGHTS: A new European Space Agency campaign of parabolic aircraft flights, which give researchers temporary access to weightlessness, is underway in Bordeaux, France, ESA said. A modified ...

Benjamin Chacon in zero gravity. The unique combination of physical and chemical properties of MXenes – a class of two-dimensional transition metal carbides and nitrides discovered at Drexel more than ...