How does fine dust aggregate into building blocks that ultimately form entire planets like our Earth? A research team led by ...

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 ...

European scientists are turning an aircraft into a laboratory that simulates lunar gravity to prepare astronauts and technology for future moon landings as part of the NASA-led Artemis missions.

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 ...

We've all had dreams of being up in space and experiencing the freedom of zero gravity, no longer bound by the strange force that keeps us stuck on the ground. But this experience is limited to the ...

Picture this. You are on an airplane cutting through clouds at over 500 mph. Smoothly, the plane noses over into a steep descent, as if it were a dolphin swimming in the blue sea. Soon you are ...

Potatoes were fried in oil aboard a parabolic flight that simulates microgravity. See how steam bubbles react. Credit: ESA ...

'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 ...