Zero Gravity Corporation#Fleet

Founded by entrepreneur Peter Diamandis, astronaut Byron K. Lichtenberg, and NASA engineer Ray Cronise, the company has been operating weightless flights since 2004. Over 15000 were clients as of November 2017. A number of notable passengers have been on weightless flights run by the company, including Penn Jillette{{cite web | title = Learning to Fly, Strip, and Vomit on a 727 | date = 2007-03-05 |url=http://www.quut.com/archive/penn-how-to-fly/ }} and Teller,{{cite web | title = Zero gravity for 3.5 G's | date = 2007-04-26 |url=http://www.lvrj.com/news/7183296.html }} Martha Stewart, Burt Rutan, Buzz Aldrin, Casey Neistat, John Carmack, and Tony Hawk. Theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking also completed a shortened flight on April 26, 2007.[https://www.cbsnews.com/news/stephen-hawkings-zero-g-flight-booked/ Stephen Hawking's Zero-G Flight Booked], CBS News, March 1, 2007{{cite web | title = Hawking takes zero-gravity flight | date = 2007-04-26 | publisher = BBC News |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6594821.stm | access-date = 2007-04-26 }}

In April 2006, Zero-G became the first commercial company to gain permission from the Kennedy Space Center to use its space shuttle runway and landing facilities.{{cite web|url=http://www.gozerog.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=about.history|title=Zero Gravity Corporation : Zero-G History|website=www.gozerog.com}}

On April 21, 2007, it began regular flights from Las Vegas for the general public{{cite web | title = Las Vegas Welcomes Its Most Unique Attraction Yet: Weightless Flights by Zero Gravity Corporation | date = 2007-03-05 |url=http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=222549 | access-date = 2007-04-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070606204957/http://www2.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=222549 |archive-date = 2007-06-06}} at ticket prices of US$3,675.

In March 2008, the company was acquired by Space Adventures.{{Cite web |author1=Colin Clark |date=2008-03-19 |title=Space Adventures Buys Zero-G |url=https://www.space.com/5144-space-adventures-buys.html |access-date=2025-04-13 |website=Space.com |language=en}}

On April 20, 2011, a Safety Approval was granted to Zero-G by the FAA which allows the company to "...offer reduced gravity parabolic flights to prospective suborbital launch operators to meet the applicable components of the crew qualification and training requirements outlined in the Code of Federal Regulations (14 C.F.R., Section 460.5)."{{cite news|title=ZeroG Gets FAA Safety Approval|first=Keith |last=Cowing|publisher=NASA Watch|date=May 27, 2011|url=https://nasawatch.com/commercialization/zerog-gets-faa-safety-approval/|access-date=January 27, 2023}}

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{{asof|2022|08}}, the price of a flight for a single passenger starts at US$8,200.

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The unique Weightless Weddings Experience is also included in the list of services

{{cite web|title=Weightless Weddings Experience|url=http://www.gozerog.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Experience.Weightless_Weddings}} Noah and Erin Fulmor were the first couple to get married in weightlessness.{{cite web|title=gozerog.com Experience|url=http://www.gozerog.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Experience.welcome}}

Fliers undergo a brief training session before embarking.{{cite web|url=https://www.gozerog.com/the-zero-g-experience/what-to-expect/|title=Zero Gravity Corporation: What to Expect|website=www.gozerog.com|access-date=January 25, 2023}} A flight lasts 90 to 100 minutes,{{cite web|url=https://www.gozerog.com/faq/|title=Zero Gravity Corporation: FAQ|website=www.gozerog.com|access-date=January 25, 2023}} and consists of fifteen parabolas, each of which simulates about 30 seconds of reduced gravity: one that simulates Martian gravity (one-third of Earth's), two that simulate Lunar gravity (one-sixth of Earth's), and 12 that simulate weightlessness.[http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/technology/zero-g_industry_040922.html Zero G Flights Could Bolster Space Tourism, Research Industries], Space.com, September 22, 2004 Each parabola begins with the aircraft climbing at a 45-degree angle at approximately {{Convert|23000|ft|m|-2}}, peaks at {{Convert|32000|ft|m|-2|abbr=on}}, and ends with the aircraft pointed down at a 30-degree angle.

The company owns and operates a Boeing 727-227F Advanced, registration N794AJ,{{cite web|title=Flight Aware: N794AJ Aircraft Registration|url=https://flightaware.com/resources/registration/N794AJ|access-date=November 21, 2022}} dubbed "G-FORCE ONE". They fly parabolic arcs similar to those of NASA's KC-135 reduced gravity aircraft.

Zero-G’s Weightless Lab research program provides access to low gravity environments for technological development, which have been used in biomedical and pharmaceutical research, fluid and fundamental physics, materials science, aerospace engineering, space exploration hardware and human space habitation. {{Cite web |last=SpaceRef |date=2010-03-11 |title=Zero Gravity Corporation Establishes The Zero-G Weightless Lab |url=https://spacenews.com/zero-gravity-corporation-establishes-the-zero-g-weightless-lab/ |access-date=2025-04-13 |website=SpaceNews |language=en-US}}

NASA has a microgravity services contract with Zero-G, which provided the first flights under this contract on September 9 and 10, 2008. Flight time from Ellington Field near Johnson Space Center was provided for the FASTRACK Space Experiment Platform. The flights were funded by NASA's Strategic Capabilities and Assets Program.{{cite web |url=http://ipp.nasa.gov/pdf/spaceport_news_fastrack_3.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090227102937/http://ipp.nasa.gov/pdf/spaceport_news_fastrack_3.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 27, 2009 |title=Space experiment rack receives flight time |publisher=SPACEPORT NEWS |date=Sep 19, 2008}}

• Reduced-gravity aircraft

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• [https://web.archive.org/web/20040930195428/http://wired.com/news/space/0,2697,64980,00.html?tw=wn_story_page_prev2 Farewell to Gravity] (Wired article by Xeni Jardin)
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20051212122356/http://armadilloaerospace.com/n.x/Armadillo/Home/News?news_id=279 Notes on Zero-G flight] by John Carmack (September 26, 2004)

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