The History of Parabolic Flights

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This 5:46 video describes the history of parabolic flights from their discovery in the 1950s to their use today for microgravity research and astronaut training. It also shows ESA's student parabolic flights.

CREDIT
ESA
LICENCE
ESA Standard Licence

Documentary
Human Spaceflight
Alan Barlett Shepard Wubbo Ockels
Spacelab
Bordeaux France Russia USA
Landing Launching Testing
Aerospace research Aircraft Airplane Astronauts training microgravity Aviation CNES Cooperation with Russia Experiments with humans Failed missions Gravity Historic Footage Inflight Instrument Instruments onboard International partners Launch Life science Lift-off Manned Missions NASA Parabolic flight Scientific objectives Zero-gravity Zero-gravity effects on humans Zero-gravity research and experiments

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