private industry weightless flights founded 2004 headquarters arlington virginia united states key people peter diamandis byron k. lichtenberg ray cronise website www.gozerog.com zero gravity corporation also known as zero g is an american company based in arlington virginia formerly of fort lauderdale florida which operates weightless flights from united states airports . unlike nasa zero g is governed under part 121 of faa regulations as are all us commercial passenger and cargo airlines enabling the company to cater to both tourists and researchers alike . contents 1 history 2 flight experience 3 fleet 4 research flights for nasa 5 see also 6 references 7 external links history edit founded by entrepreneur peter diamandis astronaut byron k. lichtenberg and nasa engineer ray cronise the company has been operating weightless flights since 2004 . a number of notable passengers have been on weightless flights run by the company including penn jillette 1 and teller 2 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 . 3 4 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 . 5 on april 21 2007 it began regular flights from las vegas for the general public 6 at ticket prices of us 3 675 . good morning america aired promotional footage 7 featuring the show s weatherman sam champion during a preview flight in ohio . 8 on december 9 2007 zero g hosted adam savage and jamie hyneman of mythbusters to disprove the conspiracy theory that the apollo moon landing was a hoax . in march 2008 the company was acquired by space adventures . 9 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 . flight experience edit zero gravity g force one aircraft al powers powersimagery.com as of may 2013 update the price of a flight for a single passenger is us 4 950 plus tax . 10 fliers undergo a brief training session before embarking . 11 full citation needed a flight lasts 90 to 100 minutes 12 full citation needed and consists of fifteen parabolas each of which simulates about 30 seconds of reduced gravity 12 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 . 13 each parabola begins with the aircraft climbing at a 45 degree angle at approximately 23 000 feet 7 000 m peaks at 32 000 ft 9 800 m and ends with the aircraft pointed down at a 30 degree angle . fleet edit the company owns and operates a boeing 727 227f advanced registration n794aj 14 full citation needed dubbed g force one . it flies parabolic arcs similar to those of nasa s kc 135 reduced gravity aircraft . aircraft in fleet notes boeing 727 227f advanced 1 n794aj research flights for nasa edit 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 . 15 see also edit vomit comet references edit learning to fly strip and vomit on a 727 . 2007 03 05 . zero gravity for 3.5 g s . 2007 04 26 . stephen hawking s zero g flight booked cbs news march 1 2007 hawking takes zero gravity flight . bbc news . 2007 04 26 . retrieved 2007 04 26 . http www.gozerog.com index.cfm fuseaction about.history las vegas welcomes its most unique attraction yet weightless flights by zero gravity corporation . 2007 03 05 . archived from the original on 2007 06 06 . retrieved 2007 04 23 . weightless thrill ride . 2007 04 20 . retrieved 2007 04 23 . ask sam champion about zero gravity . 2007 04 23 . retrieved 2007 04 23 . archived copy . archived from the original on july 1 2010 . retrieved october 24 2009 . reservations . zero gravity corporation . retrieved 2013 05 09 . http www.gozerog.com index.cfm fuseaction experience.what to expect a b http www.gozerog.com index.cfm fuseaction faq.welcome zero g flights could bolster space tourism research industries space.com september 22 2004 http registry.faa.gov aircraftinquiry nnum results.aspx nnumbertxt 794aj space experiment rack receives flight time pdf . spaceport news . sep 19 2008 . external links edit official site farewell to gravity wired article by xeni jardin notes on zero g flight by john carmack september 26 2004 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title zero gravity corporation & oldid 737643716 categories companies based in virginiahidden categories articles 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