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Sunday, May 10, 2015

This Zero-Gravity Training Plane Only Carries Science

NASA’s vomit comet is a second-hand McDonnell Douglas C-9B Skytrain II, a hollowed-out airliner that can briefly create weightless conditions for the occupants. But NASA isn’t the only one with toys: the ESA also maintains its own weightless training aircraft, a stripped-out Airbus A310.

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An interesting read via Gizmodo

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