Parabolic Flights in 1999

A prototype of an Airbus A300 with enhanced engines was modified by the French company Novespace and the French Space Research Center (CNES) to allow parabolic flights. We are on board and observe plasma crystals in weightlessness.

Our experiment setup inside the Airbus A300
Engine check	A300 taxiing
Take off	Parabola Injection (Courtesy of Novespace)
Our experimenters (Dr. Uwe Konopka and Dirk Goldbeck) in weightlessness

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Updated: 2010-12-08
Contact: Michael Kretschmer